disheveled
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But when he opened the door, he looked disheveled, like he had stood up from his desk and run down the hall.
From Salon • May 27, 2026
In thrall to her mission, June rents a dusty, disheveled storage room in town.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
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
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
By the time I got back to the road I was disheveled and bramble-scratched.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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