blowzy

Example Sentences

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And the character of Martha, whom Albee described as “ample,” is usually played as blowzy.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2022

“God bless you, Neil,” an old hippie lady in a blowzy floral dress shouted.

From New York Times • Aug. 20, 2019

Quite simply, too many people have paid too much for Baselitz’s blowzy work over too many years for his reputation to undergo the correction it warrants.

From Washington Post • Jun. 22, 2018

Even a fizzled Faust on Broadway would have made a big, blowzy splash, and would surely have given succor to the new, pop-fluent generation of musical theater writers.

From Slate • Jul. 1, 2014

These blowzy women with their little hats and their clippings hungered for attention.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck