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Discover LudwigThe word 'crinkle' is correct and usable in written English
You can use it to describe a sound, an object, or a facial expression/expression of emotion. Example sentence: She gave him a crinkle of her nose in response to his joke.
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crinkle
verb
To fold, crease, crumple, or wad.
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Botulinum toxin was known chiefly as a deadly nerve poison: it took Dr Brandt to make it a household name, for in minute doses it is a boon, freezing the muscles that furrow and crinkle.
His solemn brown eyes crinkle with a small show of mirth.
Household noises including the jangling of keys and the crinkle of tinfoil can trigger seizures in cats, according to experts who have identified a syndrome.
She's always happy, and when a smile takes over Sally Hawkins's face her eyes crinkle, and she looks a little like Lily Tomlin in a goofy mood.
From the living room, I could hear the hum of the Volcano and the crinkle of the expanding plastic bag.
The allusion, to a viral video, caused Huffington's face to crinkle with glee.
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Crisps these days can be crinkle-cut, thick-cut, ridge-cut, square-cut, hand-fried, reduced fat, sold in six-packs, grab bags, party size or family packs.Wheel a trolley down the aisle of any modern Western hypermarket, and the choice of all sorts is dazzling.
Feiffer and Juster, both born in 1929, are like a pair of wryly benevolent uncles, with Norton the dreamy, crinkle-eyed, soft-spoken uncle who gives you the one piece of good advice you never forget, and Jules the wisecracking uncle who never lets up on your foibles but was happy to have you crash on his couch that night you just couldn't bear going home.
At Kyotofu, all is hushed and vaguely (but unthreateningly) high-tech: the front counter with its jewel-box displays of crinkle-edged financiers, the glassed-in and startlingly clean kitchen, the egg-like back room of extra-tall white padded banquettes that make one feel small and coddled.
Grilled octopus and glazed pork belly, served over arugula and white beans, seems like the logical evolution of surf-and-turf; for pure turf, try the excellent burger, topped with crinkle-cut bread-and-butter pickles, or the crispy, oozing Cuban.
His snaking, 2,278-foot drystone line was built by wallers imported from the North of England, where curved walls are called "crinkle-crankle".
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