blowzy

Example Sentences

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And the character of Martha, whom Albee described as “ample,” is usually played as blowzy.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2022

Even a fizzled Faust on Broadway would have made a big, blowzy splash, and would surely have given succor to the new, pop-fluent generation of musical theater writers.

From Slate • Jul. 1, 2014

His muse and co-writer, Amy Davis, plays a blowzy Santa Fe dimwit who gets a brain boost when she consumes a piece of contaminated pork.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 9, 2014

Now, Ms. Thompson is forging a blowzy, romantically disheveled style with bouquets that look as if they were plucked whole from a Cornwall hedgerow.

From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2011

These blowzy women with their little hats and their clippings hungered for attention.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck