dishevel

I find it clear and very clarifying, after the innumerable hours I have spent in trying to dishevel him.

From The Letters of William James, Vol. II by William James

Abashed, astounded, the prince retreated a space and looked, with savage intentness, upon the beautiful girl, superb in her denunciation, enchanting in the rebellious dishevel of her hair, the indignant rebuke of her eyes.

From The Flaw in the Sapphire by Charles M. Snyder

Eve dishevel Your hair for the bliss-drenched revel On our primal loam.

From Look! We Have Come Through! by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

“Know you not ’tis rank treason to discrown our sacred Majesty, far more to dishevel or destroy our locks? 

From A Reputed Changeling Or Three Seventh Years Two Centuries Ago by Charlotte Mary Yonge

With rant and revel My hair I dishevel, And I am the queen of Astrofelle.

From Love Letters of a Violinist and Other Poems by Eric Mackay

She was underweight with disheveled feathers and feet caked with mud.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

In a more than 50-year acting career that spanned movies, stage and TV, Falk’s disheveled Lt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026

The disheveled 58-year-old, who went by Tony, was a cousin of the recently deposed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026

And while it didn’t exactly fly off the shelves, its concurrence with the height of the Seattle grunge music scene made the disheveled aesthetic a street-style must-have.

From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2026

“What in the world are you doing here?” she asked, regarding her disheveled sister with well-bred surprise.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

In this stylish, morally disheveling work, there might be less of a distinction than you think.

From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2019

We come, shoe-strings dragging, skirts impeding, wind disheveling, holding on to inappropriate head-gear, feathers awry, victims of old-time convictions, unadapted to modern conditions, amateur marchers, poorly uniformed—but here we come—just count us—here we come!

From The Fifth Wheel A Novel by Olive Higgins Prouty

On Friday, he flipped his Range Rover on a quiet residential street on Florida's Jupiter Island and the world was treated to another dishevelled mugshot of one of sport's most famous faces.

From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026

He says that John was dishevelled and confused: "He was just abandoned. He hardly went out of that room and it was in a terrible state."

From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2025

On one occasion, he started crying in front of a manager who told him off for his dishevelled appearance.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2022

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

Wild-eyed and dishevelled, he seemed to shrink back from the light, and closed the door behind us.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins

As they descended the stairs, Lord Pomfret emerged from the library, cramming cigarettes into his case with the dishevelling manipulation of the belated swain.

From Anthony Lyveden by Dornford Yates

That interior was singularly restful, pleasant, after the confused and dishevelling night.

From The Three Black Pennys A Novel by Joseph Hergesheimer

It was an embarras de richesses rarely met with; and in the rich and precious braids the ivory fingers were clutched, dishevelling them, tearing at them, in the excess of pain.

From Dr. Dumany's Wife by Mór Jókai