frowzy
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More devastatingly, he finds himself sentenced to live past the Georgian era into the frowzy Victorian age, which could not suit him less, with its “sanctimonious” attitudes and “piety,” as he disdainfully proclaims.
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2023
Each year, right about now, I want to declare it Throw-in-the-Trowel-Week, as the aftermath of spring’s tender, joyous effusion goes beyond charmingly fuzzy to just plain frowzy and tattered.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2021
A frowzy mourning of soot and smoke attired this forlorn creation of Barnard, and it had strewed ashes on its head, and was undergoing penance and humiliation as a mere dust-hole.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 28, 2016
Home is where we sulk and binge-watch The Wire for the 20th time whilst sporting preposterously frowzy, hagged-out velour loungewear.
From Slate ● Mar. 26, 2015
What I want is a mirror, to see if my lipstick is all right, whether the feathers are too ridiculous, too frowzy.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
Ms. Staunton, a magnificent Momma Rose in “Gypsy” two years ago, is surely the frowziest, most compellingly neurotic Sally ever.
From New York Times ● Nov. 22, 2017
To transform one of Manhattan's frowziest avenues into a thing of beauty would be a man-size job.
From Time Magazine Archive
