tousle

Example Sentences

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Rhandall and John always took a few minutes to grab and tousle Syd.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2025

"You tousle its mane and pull its ears, but all the time you’re thinking, those claws, those claws, those claws."

From BBC • Sep. 14, 2024

Clamped atop a tousle of silver hair, he wore a Thug Life snapback cap, label left on.

From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2020

With his Little Prince notebook and his 2am tousle, he could still pass for a student, even at 42, with a shelf full of silverware.

From The Guardian • May 10, 2019

On the porch again, Sherlock kisses me and pants as I tousle his ears.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen