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crimped

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verb

past tense of crimp

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for crimped
Adjective
  • Use the serum on straight, wavy, curly and coily hair.
    Nora Colomer, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Straight lines appearing wavy or distorted (metamorphopsia): If straight objects like door frames or text on a page appear bent, curved, or warped, this can be a sign of fluid within the retina.
    Team Verywell Health, Verywell Health, 3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • With the event coming on the eve of Palm Sunday, many waved palm fronds.
    Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025
  • Ryan accessorized the look with jewels by Briony Raymond and soft waved hair.
    Rachel Flynn, People.com, 3 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
  • Video from those years shows Sheinbaum, with her frizzy hair pulled back, strumming a charango, a small guitar carved from an armadillo shell.
    Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
  • In television interviews, Sandy, with her big frizzy hair and animal print leggings often bent horseshoes, while the uber-tall Durk, with his teeny tiny workout shorts, a halter top and a large silver western belt slung around his waist, spouted off factual scientific studies.
    Hayley Krischer, People.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • Back came Rhea, who folded Iyo with a German Superplex for a nearfall.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • According to the chart, type 4 hair is defined as kinky, with 4A hair being tight coils and 4B hair being z-angled coils.
    India Espy-Jones, Essence, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Recalling the erotic thriller, which follows a kinky affair between a tech CEO (Nicole Kidman) and intern (Harris Dickinson), Lowe reversed his earlier claim about the lack of steaminess in today's movies.
    Bailey Richards, People.com, 3 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Every plot point is wrinkled or changed in some fundamental way.
    Joe Lynch, Billboard, 18 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • The moment Watson crumpled to the field, the Browns’ future instantly pivoted.
    Jason Lloyd, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
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“Crimped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crimped. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.

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