Wondering how to use Crumpled in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as bent or dented.
Crumpled meaning
simple past and past participle of crumple
Using Crumpled
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of crumple
- Useful related words include: bent, dented, damaged.
- In the example corpus, crumpled often appears in combinations such as: the crumpled, and crumpled, crumpled up.
Context around Crumpled
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 8 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Crumpled
- In this selection, "crumpled" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, few, winds, partially, front, oversized and cell stand out and add context to how "crumpled" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a badly crumpled front bonnet and a few crumpled currency notes. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "crumpled" sits close to words such as abnormality, absenteeism and absorbent, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with crumpled
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
At a nearby Mama Put, a young girl clutches a few crumpled naira notes. (14 words)
Now, I’ll be honest … I’ve crumpled more receipts than I could ever count. (15 words)
Perhaps start by trashing all those syllabus printouts crumpled at the bottom of your bag. (15 words)
Line the pastry case with a crumpled sheet of baking paper, cover the base with a thin layer of pastry weights or uncooked rice and bake on the baking sheet for 15-20 minutes until the edges are biscuit coloured. (40 words)
Reacting to the sentence, Wilson slumped back in the dock, loudly crumpled up a plastic cup he’d been holding and began to mutter angrily as he was led away to begin his sentence. (34 words)
Combining elements of her face with others via face-swapping apps, then applying distortions—little visual glitches—the shrouds exist like crumpled, oversized photos that show excitement as much as terror. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
Combining elements of her face with others via face-swapping apps, then applying distortions—little visual glitches—the shrouds exist like crumpled, oversized photos that show excitement as much as terror.
Earlier in the day, high winds crumpled cell phone towers, cutting off communications in much of the area.
Gilbert asked Pagan decades ago if he could please put them on a shelf so they wouldn’t be crumpled.
Hamlin tackled Cincinnati wide receiver Tee Higgins, got to his feet and then crumpled to the ground.
Near the end of the service, Herb’s mother described the pieces of paper scattered around Rebecca’s hospital bed, looking like crumpled butterflies—all notes for her novel.
Pictures from the scene confirmed emergency crews in a single day utilizing a crane to carry the derailed coach that gave the impression to be partially crumpled.
Their good fortune can be seen in a frightening but unverified image posted on Twitter purporting to show the charred, crumpled carnage.
Videos and pictures on China’s social media show brick homes turned to rubble and sections of roads crumpled.
Another bystander also steps up to apparently hand over a few crumpled currency notes in his clenched fist as party fund donation.
At a nearby Mama Put, a young girl clutches a few crumpled naira notes.
A trestled section of the of the 1.6-mile (2.57 km) span almost immediately crumpled into the icy water, sending vehicles and people into the river.
He had a crumpled butt pillow, a thick plastic water bottle, and one of those foamy neckrolls that are most often deployed during international air travel.
Images from the scene showed a red Toyota ute with a badly crumpled front bonnet and roof.
Images posted on social media showed large passenger vans with crumpled front and backends after the collision, which was said to have occurred on Interstate 794.
Line the pastry case with a crumpled sheet of baking paper, cover the base with a thin layer of pastry weights or uncooked rice and bake on the baking sheet for 15-20 minutes until the edges are biscuit coloured.
Now, I’ll be honest … I’ve crumpled more receipts than I could ever count.
Palestinians gathered outside the crumpled remains of one of the homes on Sunday, with young boys weaving their way through a thicket of tangled metal and rubble.
Perhaps start by trashing all those syllabus printouts crumpled at the bottom of your bag.
Reacting to the sentence, Wilson slumped back in the dock, loudly crumpled up a plastic cup he’d been holding and began to mutter angrily as he was led away to begin his sentence.
Replacing crumpled fenders and shattered windshields is a body shop’s stock in trade, but the owners know these broken cars aren’t just metal and plastic.
Common combinations with crumpled
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the crumpled 7×
- and crumpled 5×
- crumpled up 4×
- crumpled to 3×
- crumpled in 3×
- like crumpled 2×
- few crumpled 2×
- crumpled into 2×
- crumpled front 2×
- with crumpled 2×