dishevelled

Example Sentences

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They're dishevelled because they've just got off a bus to Glasgow, ahead of show 82.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2026

Alison said the men made it to the villa in a dishevelled state.

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2025

On one occasion, he started crying in front of a manager who told him off for his dishevelled appearance.

From BBC • Aug. 22, 2022

Her blue eyes still retained their melting quality; and her yellow hair, dishevelled by the wind and rain, kinked more stubbornly than ever about her ears and temples.

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

Ithilien, the garden of Gondor now desolate kept still a dishevelled dryad loveliness.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien