Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crimped
Adjective
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Her brunette bob was styled with a wavy, casual touch.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025 -
The ultimate goddess braid upgrade, Bora Bora braids are achieved using human (rather than synthetic) hair extensions to create an effortless hybrid of wavy sew-ins and wispy pick-and-drop microbraids.—
Ranyechi Udemezue,
Vogue,
22 July 2025
Adjective
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The green and white waved floors lead you into a sparkling, velvet-upholstered dining room.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Aug. 2025
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Some waved flags, some rode on shoulders and, over the noise, dozens tried in vain to call back home where the sun was just rising.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
8 July 2025
Verb
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The 737 Max was grounded for almost two years, and a flight-control system, which was later tweaked, was implicated in both of those crashes.—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
30 Dec. 2024
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Moscow, like Kyiv, has used a broad range of drones that are updated and tweaked as often as every few weeks.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
29 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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If your hair is frizzy and stressed out from too much time in the sun, this hair oil arrived right on time.—
Justin Fenner,
Robb Report,
31 July 2025
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Best for Frizzy Hair: Living Proof No Frizz Shampoo For dry, frizzy hair, Rogerio Cavalcante, hairstylist and owner of Second Floor Salon in NYC, swears by this Living Proof shampoo.—
Annie Blackman,
Glamour,
14 July 2025
Verb
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Back came Rhea, who folded Iyo with a German Superplex for a nearfall.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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The Starliner crew members were then folded into the Crew-9 mission, whose spacefarers are continuing to serve out the full duration of their orbital stay.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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His approach was a bit kinky, though, and she was turned off by it.—
Harriette Cole,
Mercury News,
15 July 2025
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The vernacular of Combs’s activities comes across as kinky, not immediately nefarious.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
3 July 2025
Verb
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Every plot point is wrinkled or changed in some fundamental way.—
Joe Lynch,
Billboard,
18 Oct. 2024
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The vinyl decals, featuring salmon crying to get beyond the first of the dams, were wrinkled, the banner itself battle-scarred in places.—
Debra Utacia Krol,
The Arizona Republic,
12 Oct. 2024
Verb
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The back half of the car is crumpled in on itself, the windows are shattered and the patrol car was physically turned off the road by the force of the crash.—
Lauren Penington,
The Denver Post,
31 Dec. 2024
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Video posted to the Citizen app showed a BART police vehicle smoking with its front end crumpled.—
John Metcalfe,
The Mercury News,
29 Dec. 2024
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“Crimped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crimped. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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