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User_gary Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

crinkled

crinkle http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?dict=CALD&key=18323&ph=on
verb [I or T]
to become covered in many little lines and folds, or to cause something to do this:
She crinkled (up) her nose in distaste.

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Imagine there is something that smells truly disgusting in front of you. Don't you contract all the muscles around your nose and make it wrinkle up? That is what it means.

  • Imagine there is something that smells truly disgusting in front of you.
  • Don't you contract all the muscles around your nose and make it wrinkle up?
  • That is what it means.
  • Crinkled means the same thing as wrinkled.
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Imagine there is something that smells truly disgusting in front of you. Don't you contract all the muscles around your nose and make it wrinkle up? That is what it means. Crinkled means the same thing as wrinkled.

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