disarrange
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Then guards would deliberately disarrange the pile and announce that everyone must be dressed in five minutes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Eyes still watering and head still throbbing, he drew his wand, careful not to disarrange the Cloak, and waited, breath held.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
“So your pelo loco, like clippings of grass, will not disarrange this house,” she says.
From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads
How true is it that the unexpected is always happening to disarrange the most elaborate schemes.
From The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Wingfield, Lewis
He hands them to me and I shuffle and disarrange them as much as possible.
From Telepathy and the Subliminal Self by Mason, R. Osgood
That unleashed force is plied most artfully here to create a portrait of how grief unhinges, disarranges and heightens everyday life.
From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2019
A similar expression now and again disarranges the handsome, sardonic features of the title character of “Butley” in Lindsay Posner’s engaging revival at the Duchess Theater.
From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2011
When a stiff wind disarranges his lacquered locks, he looks panic-stricken, like a man who’s just seen his own ghost.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
That is not altogether good for a youngster; it disarranges his mind and puts him out of harmony with what is permanent.
From South Wind by Douglas, Norman
Fear disarranges circulation of the blood and the nourishment of muscle and nerve.
From Civics and Health by Allen, William H.
It doesn't take long to decide whether Netflix’s “3 Body Problem” is extraordinary or a disarranged travesty.
From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2024
Those of us with brains long since disarranged from a lifelong soak in college football must adapt now.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 6, 2022
For his solo work “Compression,” the choreographer Niall Jones has arranged, or disarranged, a small theater at Performance Space New York into this in-between state.
From New York Times ● Oct. 26, 2022
The 54-year-old Johnson has managed to use his disarranged, slightly comical hair as a helmet, shielding him from more serious scrutiny.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 9, 2018
Upon seeing all the chairs disarranged, he was mystified.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
The monkey, disarranging her palm-oiled coiffure, is soon to go to the States.
From Time Magazine Archive
She hops onto the bed beside me, disarranging my small pile of threadbare stuffed animals—a koala, a snake, a black cat—all beloved of my seven-year-old self.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
Why did she go to the prayer-meeting, disarranging the whole household?
From Anna of the Five Towns by Bennett, Arnold
Tims, however, unconscious of the slight chill cast by her appearance, kissed him in a perfunctory, patronizing way, as ladies do who are afraid of disarranging their veils.
From The Invader A Novel by Woods, Margaret L. (Margaret Louisa)
She sank sobbing on her sister’s shoulder, sadly disarranging poor Fin’s dress; but that was forgotten as, with eager haste, the little maiden tried hard to soothe and comfort her.
From Thereby Hangs a Tale Volume One by Fenn, George Manville
