mismatched
Example Sentences
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Mismatched travel-size bottles of shampoo and lotion make her itch.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025
Mismatched shoes sometimes originated from losing a shoe, just as multicolored shoe strings often came from not having a set of shoestrings for all of your shoes – necessity.
From Salon • Feb. 23, 2024
Mismatched morning-show hosts end up hooking up in the Hawaii-set TV movie “You Had Me at Aloha.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2021
Mismatched in appearance and age — he was burly, bald and just over 50; she was smaller and 20 years younger — Mr. DiRubba and Ms. Cincinelli became nearly inseparable.
From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2021
Mismatched candles burn merrily on every available surface, illuminating the sleeping doves in their cages hanging amongst sweeping curtains of richly colored tapestries.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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