rumple
Example Sentences
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As he took out a small notebook and began to read names from it, I was suddenly conscious of my rumpled clothes, my long, ragged fingernails.
From Literature
He never had patience for rumpled academics; he likes things to be in their places.
From Literature
I patted Blizzard on the head and rumpled his ears.
From Literature
The shah heard news of the coup in Rome, where he arrived “a rumpled refugee,” according to the New York Daily News on Aug. 20, 1953.
From Barron's
The shah heard news of the coup in Rome, where he arrived “a rumpled refugee,” according to the New York Daily News on Aug. 20, 1953.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
