Crossword clues for crinkling
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Crinkle \Crin"kle\ (kr[i^][ng]"k'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crinkled (-k'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Crinkling (-kl[i^]ng).] [A dim., fr. the root of cringe; akin to D. krinkelen to wind or twist. Cf. Cringle, Cringe.] To form with short turns, bends, or wrinkles; to mold into inequalities or sinuosities; to cause to wrinkle or curl.
The house?s crinkled to and fro.
--Chaucer.
Her face all bowsy,
Comely crinkled,
Wondrously wrinkled.
--Skelton.
The flames through all the casements pushing forth,
Like red-not devils crinkled into snakes.
--Mrs.
Browning.
Wiktionary
n. The act or sound or something being crinkled. vb. (present participle of crinkle English)
Usage examples of "crinkling".
Mayhap because this one actually seemed nice, with his crinkling eyes and quick laugh.
Going back to the bed, he opened the crinkling bag of sweats and looked inside.
Paper sack crinkling, Ivy opened the door for me with her free hand, leaving Nick to handle the swinging, blurred-glass door by himself.
Charlotte's gorgeous face was crinkling from the effort of following details.
Catherine, who'd been suturing under water, shot him a grateful smile, the corners of her eyes crinkling up above her mask.
Henry continued, the corners of his eyes crinkling with amusement, "there's only one other person in this city who I can't consider a stranger.
Her fingers grazed my nipples, making them stand up, the areolas crinkling like prunes.
Her fingers danced over my nipples, making them engorge, my areolas crinkling like prunes.
Susa said in a low voice, her dark eyes crinkling wryly at the corners.
His skin had a curious lacquered look, crinkling at the edges of his face from whatever minor shift of expression he permitted.
But his dreams were laden with memories of Kasia and he woke sweating, to lie awake until dawn, still remembering what he had loved about her: her laugh, the crinkling of her eyes, the lilt in her voice, the way she would swing her hips, deliberately enticing him.
F'nor said, his eyes crinkling with amusement, "all I did was ask F'lar and Lessa if I could draft a few more helpers.
Idarolan laughed, his eyes crinkling into well-established wrinkles, carved by wind and sun.
As she watched, the blister contracted, and Robin knew that was the source of the crinkling sound.
The featureless membrane expanded out like bubblegum bubble, but there was no crinkling sound anymore.