dishevelment

Example Sentences

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That level of dishevelment takes hours to achieve.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2026

In a move that could easily be out of former UK prime minister Boris Johnson's sartorial playbook, Musk has gone for a hint of dishevelment on a serious and ceremonial day.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2025

The cast is universally strong, especially Herbers, who, with her warm eyes and her air of wary dishevelment, makes Kristen feel strange and a little dirty, as if she were burying enormous, chaotic emotions.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 4, 2019

At home, Mr. Johnson is seen as a deeply ambitious opportunist who masks his seriousness of purpose with a well-polished air of befuddled dishevelment and humorous nonchalance.

From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2018

They ran to the stands with their bright red shirts sticking out of their grass-stained pants in glorious dishevelment.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger