The flutter at my approach showed that there were some secrets under discussion; and I observed the disconsolate Phoebe Crumpling into her bosom either a love-letter or an old valentine, and brushing away the tears from her cheeks.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
And, Crumpling up the card with suppressed passion, he turned and left the room.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
Conal had fallen, his legs Crumpling up under him.
"The Pioneers"
Katharine Susannah Prichard