bedraggle

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 Hawthorne, Nathaniel

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

From The Squatter and the Don by Loyal, C.

Instead of cultivating your graces you bedraggle them with labor!

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

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

From Sister Dolorosa and Posthumous Fame by Allen, James Lane

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

His two main characters, infantrymen named Willie and Joe, were bedraggled, unshaven, dirty, tired to the bone, contemptuous of authority—in other words, mirror images of many of the real soldiers fighting that war.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 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

Every wrinkly finger, bedraggled wig and lipstick-smeared visage are a sight to behold.

From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2025

It was David Ballantine, looking exhausted and bedraggled but still somehow dapper.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older