bedraggle
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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
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
But no blast can chill its wings, no mire bedraggle, or rude touch fray.
From Sister Dolorosa and Posthumous Fame by James Lane Allen
But Mathews had no Judge Lawlack to bedraggle justice for his sake.
From The Squatter and the Don by C. Loyal
A massive invasion force that Xerxes has led against Greece has just been destroyed; we watch as news of the disaster arrives, followed by the bedraggled monarch himself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
Florida is in the midst of its worst drought in 25 years, but the dry spell actually ranked far down on the list of challenges these bedraggled growers were facing.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026
Mary is bedraggled and wet, begging for a gown for a comeback performance in a few days.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026
"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
The Huntsman took stock of their bedraggled appearance and ordered someone to care for Con’s leg and Taisin’s shoulder, and then he came to Kaede and regarded her gravely.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
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