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Examples of rumple in a Sentence
Verb
He rumpled her hair affectionately.
the guest rumpled the antique bedspread by lying down on it
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Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 12 July 2023
The sleeves of her green satin gown are rolled up at her wrists, and its skirt rumples against the polished floor.
—Stephen O’Connor, Harper's Magazine, 27 Apr. 2020
Dan Morain, The Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2024
It was returned to me with its chiffon over-layer in shreds and my previously thriving silk buds were rumpled, drooping, and wilted—like a flower bed dug up by the neighbor’s dog.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 20 July 2024
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Noun
But not every man is going to read poetry out of rumples.
—Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 12 July 2023
The sleeves of her green satin gown are rolled up at her wrists, and its skirt rumples against the polished floor.
—Stephen O’Connor, Harper's Magazine, 27 Apr. 2020
Verb
Cooley was a prosecutor straight out of central casting, as Trump might put it, gray-haired and a bit rumpled, who gave the impression of having witnessed more than his share of crime victims’ pain.
—Dan Morain, The Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2024
It was returned to me with its chiffon over-layer in shreds and my previously thriving silk buds were rumpled, drooping, and wilted—like a flower bed dug up by the neighbor’s dog.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 20 July 2024
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“Rumple.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rumple. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.
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