uncrumpling

present participle of uncrumple

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncrumpling
Verb
  • Wilson’s achievement is to bring these meanings forward without flattening the poem’s strangeness or grandeur.
    David Denby, New Yorker, 21 June 2026
  • The answer to modern public life is not flattening everything into slogans or reducing politics to content.
    Marc Adelman, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2026
Verb
  • Multi-Styler and Chitosan Post-Style Serum Bundle From drying and smoothing to shaping and curling, this hair tool is the ultimate blowout machine.
    Izzy Baskette, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
  • It can be used as a concealer, contour, or foundation, has medium coverage, is pore-blurring, texture-smoothing, and imperfection-camouflaging.
    Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • The 60-year-old had permed her hair every six weeks for 30 years before realizing that chemically straightening her hair had become a time-consuming and self-imposed obligation.
    Annie Blay-Tettey, Allure, 29 May 2026
  • Beran shed a few tears in her office before wiping her eyes with a tissue, straightening her shoulders and heading into the hallway.
    Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 28 May 2026
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“Uncrumpling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncrumpling. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.

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