SCRUNCH in a Sentence

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For SCRUNCH, below is one of 3 sentences:
With a threatening gesture of his hand, he turned from the door, and Ferrier heard his heavy step scrunching along the shingly path.

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 Meanings and Examples of SCRUNCH
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scrunch
 v.  crush or crunch; crumple or squeeze; hunch
Classic Sentence:
1  With a threatening gesture of his hand, he turned from the door, and Ferrier heard his heavy step scrunching along the shingly path.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER III. JOHN FERRIER TALKS WITH THE PROPHET
2  Then he jumped down and, his boots scrunching the snow, ran back to his sleigh.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER XII
Example Sentence:
1  No, no don't scrunch your noses and grimace at me.