disheveled

Example Sentences

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Poe was disheveled and wearing shabby, ill-fitting clothes that weren’t his, according to Hal Poe.

From Washington Post

Slumped near a dumpster by the stage door, a disheveled man with a mane of gray hair and a wild beard let out a grunt.

From Seattle Times

Strong herself got to bid farewell to “S.N.L.” in a Weekend Update segment in which she played her recurring character Cathy Anne, a disheveled woman who is always yelling outside Michael Che’s window.

From New York Times

Slight, disheveled and with wild eyes, he looked lost.

From Salon

Eschewing his usual disheveled outfit of shorts and a T-shirt, Mr. Bankman-Fried arrived in court wearing a white shirt and a blue suit, after his arrest the night before.

From New York Times