disheveledin a sentence
-
•
Her clothing was disheveled.disheveled = messy (not properly in place)
-
•
She was disheveled and distraught.disheveled = with clothes and/or hair not properly in place
-
•
I apologized for my disheveled appearance and thanked her, then asked if she wouldn't mind leaving us alone. (source)disheveled = messy (untidy or in disarray) -- especially of a person's clothes and hair
Show 3 more sentences
-
•
She glares at me, pinching her nose closed, her hair disheveled, her free hand trembling. (source)disheveled = messy
-
•
She stopped and scratched her disheveled red hair. (source)disheveled = messy (untidy or disordered)
-
•
She wipes her face with a moist cloth and runs her fingers through her sleep-disheveled hair in a vain effort and ties an apron around her housecoat. (source)disheveled = messy
▲ show less (of above)
Show 10 more with 6 word variations
-
•
...a few minutes later, a disheveled, sleepy-eyed Jason joined us. (source)disheveled = messy (untidy or in disarray) -- especially of a person's clothes and hair
-
•
Pale though he was from long imprisonment in the Deep Lands, dressed in black, dusty, dishevelled, and weary, there was something in his face and air which no one could mistake. (source)unconventional spelling: This is a British spelling. Americans use disheveled.
-
•
I see poor crazed Lucia's eyes' unnatural gleam, Her hair down her back falls loose and dishevel'd.† (source)dishevel'd = appearing messy (untidy or disordered) -- especially of a person's clothes and hair
-
•
But you wondered, seeing Albert, whom talking seemed rather to dishevel, whether it had not continued to be a rough and violent game which Ellie, as the older and stronger, had taught him to play with her.† (source)
-
•
The clouds lose tufts of whiteness as the breeze dishevels them.† (source)
-
•
He ran his hand through his hair, dishevelling it, and walked — unsteadily?† (source)unconventional spelling: This is a British spelling. Americans use disheveling.
-
•
He was there at the table, silent and disheveled, holding his cup of strong, black coffee in both hands, when Tom and Meo went in to eat supper. (source)disheveled = messy (untidy or in disarray) -- especially of a person's clothes and hair
-
•
The Christmas Tree is in the corner by the piano, stripped of its ornaments and with burnt-down candle-ends on its dishevelled branches. (source)dishevelled = disordered (messy or not tidy)
-
•
A troop of Trojans mix'd with these appear, And mourning matrons with dishevel'd hair.† (source)dishevel'd = appearing messy (untidy or disordered) -- especially of a person's clothes and hair
-
•
But you wondered, seeing Albert, whom talking seemed rather to dishevel, whether it had not continued to be a rough and violent game which Ellie, as the older and stronger, had taught him to play with her.† (source)
▲ show less (of above)