disheveled

Example Sentences

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Still, with his chest-hugging T-shirt and rugged handsomeness, Mr. Bernthal recalls John Travolta in his early prime rather than the sweaty, disheveled but endearing desperado memorably created by Mr. Pacino.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

In a story in “Ladies’ Lunch,” an old woman, disheveled after an outing, looks in a mirror and sees “what Diane Arbus might have seen. She gazed, appalled, and being appalled pricked her interest.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

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 • Feb. 16, 2026

He’s a disheveled figure who drives around town in a tattered van and lives above the rare bookstore that he also happens to own.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2025

He wore a slightly disheveled look, as if he’d only woken up a few minutes ago.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss