frowzy
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
Fleetwood has also shaved his trademark — and popular — frowzy beard.
From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 2022
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
