dishevel

Example Sentences

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I find it clear and very clarifying, after the innumerable hours I have spent in trying to dishevel him.

From The Letters of William James, Vol. II by James, William

Shake down thy hair and dishevel it, so!—that is excellent.

From The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales by Garnett, Richard

Eve dishevel Your hair for the bliss-drenched revel On our primal loam.

From Look! We Have Come Through! by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)

“Know you not ’tis rank treason to discrown our sacred Majesty, far more to dishevel or destroy our locks? 

From A Reputed Changeling Or Three Seventh Years Two Centuries Ago by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

With rant and revel My hair I dishevel, And I am the queen of Astrofelle.

From Love Letters of a Violinist and Other Poems by Mackay, Eric