dishevel

Example Sentences

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She was pale and thin, and her golden hair was loose and disheveled.

From Literature

A disheveled man sick of endless waiting launched into an eloquent tirade ending with Samuel Beckett -- "You know what happened in the story of Godot? He never came."

From Barron's

I turn around to see Emma running across the yard, her bare feet kicking up grass clippings and her disheveled hair flying in the breeze like a lion’s mane.

From Literature

His hair was a little disheveled, and it looked as if he hadn’t shaved since the night before.

From Literature

But the next day people began arriving in dozens, then in droves, some from Trokorpe and nearby villages, disheveled, distraught, grown men sobbing like babies.

From Literature