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• He’d been rockabyeing in a rockingchair, then on the bed, thickly rumpled.2012, Joshua Cohen, Four New Messages, Graywolf Press. From the entry rockabye
• The Rolling Stones on the other hand, were rumpled roughnecks; the rock 'n' roll badboys.2009, Clay Cole, Sh-Boom!: The Explosion of Rock 'n' Roll, 1953–1968, →ISBN. From the entry badboy
• She was consider'ble rumpled and scratched up, but there was fire in her eye.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter XII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC. From the entry while
• His clothes were stained with blood, torn, and rumpled.2015, Tim Bohn, The Old Blood: Legacy of Magic: Book I. From the entry bumfight
• Can the rumpled elegance and mismatched opulence of shabby chic find happiness with cutting edge digital tools and techniques?2011, Jeanne Wines-Reed, Joan Wines, Digital Scrapbooking For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 72. From the entry shabby chic
• DuBois has, however, approached the work in a radically unradical way, bringing a softening sheen of naturalism to its rumpled texture.2008 May 13, Charles Isherwood, “Shepard’s Debtors of 1978, Sounding Like Today’s Poor”, in New York Times. From the entry unradical
• James strolled through the neighborhood in rumpled tan corduroys and work boots, with pinchable baby fat visible through his shirt.2008 June 15, Ben Sisario, “Out of the Comfort Zone, Into the Wild Rock Yonder”, in New York Times. From the entry pinchable
• Gemma followed her, thinking that Helen seemed rather an old-fashioned and elegant name for this rumpled young mother.2003, Deborah Crombie, A Share in Death, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 189. From the entry helen
• Sound asleep in a chair in the corner was a small girl, perhaps three, in a rumpled playsuit.c. 1950, Philip K. Dick, Voices From the Street, published 2007, →ISBN. From the entry playsuit
• With a rumpled, folksy manner, he held court for years in the smoke-filled beer hall of the King Louis Hotel in Calgary.2013 April 1, Douglas Martin, “Ralph Klein, 70, Politician in Alberta Oil Boom, Dies”, in New York Times, retrieved 30 May 2013. From the entry hold court
• "Gosh, I coulda had six V8s!" he said, grinning to himself, as he wiped a browful of sweat on a rumpled sleeve.1998, Eric Lee, Ill Conceived, page 6. From the entry browful
• "Then you could be happy living there again?" he asked, hanging a rumpled dark suit in the bathroom and turning on a hot shower to dewrinkle it.2000, Tiffany White, Forbidden Fantasy, page 181. From the entry dewrinkle
• When you've just had a tumble between the sheets and are feeling rumpled and lazy, she may want to get up so she can make the bed.1979, Martine, Sexual Astrology, page 219. From the entry tumble
• He cackled confidentially, like he knew more than he was telling, then threw his head back and crowed once and strutted in a full circle like a rumpled old rooster.2006, Jack Dawson, Reflections in a Curved Glass, page 31. From the entry full circle
• His rumpled clothes were streaked with soot from the day-coach of the Richmond train that could be heard now, bell aclang, grinding away from the southbound side of the depot.1953, May Davies Martenet, Taw Jameson, Alfred A. Knopf, page 143. From the entry aclang

Meaning of rumple

1. verb To make wrinkled, particularly fabric.
2. verb To muss; to tousle.
3. noun A wrinkle.

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Questions about rumple in a sentence

How do you use rumple in a sentence?

Rumple is used as a verb and noun. For example: “I'll rumple my bedsheets so it looks like I was here last night.”

What is a short sentence with rumple?

“His clothes were stained with blood, torn, and rumpled.”

What does rumple mean?

Rumple means to make wrinkled, particularly fabric.