dishevel

Example Sentences

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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

She turns away, and I slip out into the courtyard hesitantly, not sure if Sadik will be there and if he’ll tell me why he was so disheveled in the morning.

From Literature