dishevel

“Know you not ’tis rank treason to discrown our sacred Majesty, far more to dishevel or destroy our locks? 

From A Reputed Changeling Or Three Seventh Years Two Centuries Ago by Charlotte Mary Yonge

Abashed, astounded, the prince retreated a space and looked, with savage intentness, upon the beautiful girl, superb in her denunciation, enchanting in the rebellious dishevel of her hair, the indignant rebuke of her eyes.

From The Flaw in the Sapphire by Charles M. Snyder

Shake down thy hair and dishevel it, so!—that is excellent.

From The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales by Richard Garnett

With rant and revel My hair I dishevel, And I am the queen of Astrofelle.

From Love Letters of a Violinist and Other Poems by Eric Mackay

Eve dishevel Your hair for the bliss-drenched revel On our primal loam.

From Look! We Have Come Through! by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

When Jackie was rescued from the shore of Big Bear Lake, she was underweight and disheveled.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

At one point, when Graham looked “absolutely disheveled and exhausted,” Holder said, the senator complained that others weren’t helping him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

In a more than 50-year acting career that spanned movies, stage and TV, Falk’s disheveled Lt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026

And while it didn’t exactly fly off the shelves, its concurrence with the height of the Seattle grunge music scene made the disheveled aesthetic a street-style must-have.

From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2026

I think of Sophia's disheveled face, rouge-stick ringing her mouth and his; her hair, now a chaos of strands; of Gabrielle's angry expression.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

In this stylish, morally disheveling work, there might be less of a distinction than you think.

From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2019

We come, shoe-strings dragging, skirts impeding, wind disheveling, holding on to inappropriate head-gear, feathers awry, victims of old-time convictions, unadapted to modern conditions, amateur marchers, poorly uniformed—but here we come—just count us—here we come!

From The Fifth Wheel A Novel by Olive Higgins Prouty

On Friday, he flipped his Range Rover on a quiet residential street on Florida's Jupiter Island and the world was treated to another dishevelled mugshot of one of sport's most famous faces.

From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026

He says that John was dishevelled and confused: "He was just abandoned. He hardly went out of that room and it was in a terrible state."

From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2025

His family found out when they saw him on TV the next day, looking scared and dishevelled.

From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2025

It's a spectacular downfall for Silicon Valley's dishevelled wunderkind, who rubbed elbows with celebrities like Gisele and Tom Brady.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2023

I shouted at her through the dishevelled blanket.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

That interior was singularly restful, pleasant, after the confused and dishevelling night.

From The Three Black Pennys A Novel by Joseph Hergesheimer

It was an embarras de richesses rarely met with; and in the rich and precious braids the ivory fingers were clutched, dishevelling them, tearing at them, in the excess of pain.

From Dr. Dumany's Wife by Mór Jókai

As they descended the stairs, Lord Pomfret emerged from the library, cramming cigarettes into his case with the dishevelling manipulation of the belated swain.

From Anthony Lyveden by Dornford Yates