matted

Joan held her much-longed-for daughter for only for a few minutes – she remembers gazing at the newborn’s red face and matted hair.

“You’ve got the copper complexion of a Turkoman, if it wasn’t covered in dirt, and the brown curls of a Greek, if they weren’t matted down with blood.”

As she circles back, wheezing from physical exertion and favoring an injured ankle, she is startled to find a coyote standing over the man, its muzzle matted with blood.

The job was messy because recent rains had created a muddy scene for the volunteers who had to collect the bunnies, most of which had matted fur.

Tattered curtains, matted carpets and missing shower heads were replaced.