rumple

Example Sentences

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“One cannot just rush from one’s home looking shabby, rumpled, and unkempt,” Handsome would likely say to Duane.

From Literature

It might have acquired a crack in that mighty windshield by then, a rumpled bumper, a dent in the door, mismatched mudders.

From The Wall Street Journal

That way she couldn’t reach out and rumple his hair.

From Literature

It was a heady trophy for a 13-year-old, presented to me at graduation by a rumpled legionnaire in a garrison cap decorated with military pins.

From The Wall Street Journal

His hair was slicked back, and he was dressed like he intended to go to the show, in a vintage-cut, slightly rumpled suit, his suspenders exposed.

From Literature