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Keep "rumpling" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
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2 total sentences available.
I'm alone standing at the tip of the slow-dying year, the universe breaking in waves at my feet, planets whirling about my head, rumpling my hair in the wind that rushes by, without giving an answer that would fill the abyss.
Source: tatoeba (2474430)
Of course, these rumplings are not left obvious to our eyes. Whilst the earth is wrapping its old coat about it, the busy hands of the sun are smoothing down the creases—by heat and frost, rain and wind, waves and rivers[…]
Source: wiktionary
Closest matches include atomic displacement, crease, creased, creasing, crumple.
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