disheveled

Example Sentences

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Poe was disheveled and wearing shabby, ill-fitting clothes that weren’t his, according to Hal Poe.

From Washington Post

Slumped near a dumpster by the stage door, a disheveled man with a mane of gray hair and a wild beard let out a grunt.

From Seattle Times

He said there were “stacks” of overdue bills in the disheveled apartment indicating that Aliaga, a leaseholder, was under financial stress.

From Washington Post

In the past, the chronically disheveled Mr. Johnson has deployed his trademark insouciance and canny political charisma to help get out of trouble.

From New York Times

The canvas was as rumpled as last night’s sheets — a lumpy terrain whose painted image was lost in a visual muck of disheveled paint marks, yellowed varnish and all that awful, crackled damage.

From Los Angeles Times