mussed-up
Example Sentences
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Throw all the bleary eyes and mussed-up hair and scratchy stubble and disheveled clothes in the world at him, but it won’t do any good.
From New York Times • Feb. 15, 2017
But there’s no getting away from the fact that Redmayne is the main draw here, that it’s his image, in natty bow-tie and posh-boy, mussed-up hair, on the poster.
From The Guardian • Nov. 6, 2016
A doe-eyed stare and mussed-up hair denotes natural beauty, as if you've just woken up and can't help looking like this.
From The Guardian • Jul. 13, 2013
Sarai imagined it empty, all those mazy lanes and mussed-up beds deserted, and she felt, for a staggering moment, as though she were drowning in that emptiness.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
Handmade quilts and woven rugs and cats curled right beside the humans in their mussed-up beds.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
