disheveled

Example Sentences

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Old Town, my slightly disheveled neighborhood of churches, Mexican-adjacent tchotchke shops, is where missionaries established their first mission, colonizing the town that belonged to the country south of the US border.

From Salon • May 9, 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

Leaving the library as the center of the museum’s north side, Mr. Adjaye made eight other slightly smaller pavilions, which he grouped in the form of a slightly disheveled tic-tac-toe board.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025

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 was slightly disheveled now, a few locks of his hair falling into his face, as if he had been hurrying through the cars looking for her.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng