bedraggle

But Mathews had no Judge Lawlack to bedraggle justice for his sake.

From The Squatter and the Don by C. Loyal

Here in town, she probably preferred to tread the extent of the two drawing-rooms, and measure out the miles by spaces of forty feet, rather than bedraggle her skirts over the sloppy pavements.

From The Blithedale Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Instead of cultivating your graces you bedraggle them with labor!

From For Gold or Soul? The Story of a Great Department Store by Lurana W. Sheldon

But no blast can chill its wings, no mire bedraggle, or rude touch fray.

From Sister Dolorosa and Posthumous Fame by James Lane Allen

Arriving in theaters this fall after multiple splashy film festival premieres, it announces the 38-year-old actress, best known for playing a bedraggled spy in the Apple TV+ series Slow Horses, as a potential Oscar contender.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

The bedraggled studio has been visually renovated with the wood-slatted elegance of Tesshi Nakagawa’s scenic design.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

But on what criteria, using what metrics, should the bedraggled managers—who have never had to do this before—make the trade-offs now?

From Slate ● Nov. 8, 2025

"There's always people looking a little bedraggled who just want something filling and probably with a vegetable in it," Ayesha Kalaji, from restaurant Queen of Cups said.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2025

Torak wrenched open the bag and Wolf shot out, sweaty and bedraggled.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver