dishevelled
Example Sentences
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They're dishevelled because they've just got off a bus to Glasgow, ahead of show 82.
From BBC • Jan. 5, 2026
But Mr Bennett told BBC Radio Kent that British officials saw his father was "dishevelled and had lost a lot of weight", while his mother was not walking well due to prison conditions.
From BBC • Aug. 5, 2025
His background - a teacher, a football coach, an Army National Guard enlisted soldier - broadcasts "meat-and-potatoes middle America", as does perhaps his balding, rotund, slightly dishevelled appearance.
From BBC • Aug. 6, 2024
Her blue eyes still retained their melting quality; and her yellow hair, dishevelled by the wind and rain, kinked more stubbornly than ever about her ears and temples.
From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021
My cheeks heat up at the thought of her seeing the dishevelled old woman shuffling up our driveway in her slippers.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
