tousle

With a tousle of wavy hair, a full beard and a gentle air about him, Sarnoski does not exactly fit into the emerging crop of 20-something filmmakers now taking over Hollywood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

"You tousle its mane and pull its ears, but all the time you’re thinking, those claws, those claws, those claws."

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2024

She pulled off a beanie to reveal a tousle of brown hair.

From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2024

Late-night host Jimmy Fallon has tried to live down his famed hair tousle interview of the then-candidate Trump.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 9, 2020

I knew that tousle was too perfect to be disinterested bedhead.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

The man in this mug shot gets hives if he even thinks about loosening his tie; he passes out if someone tousles his hair.

From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2023

She’s a brunette with a slight frame who rarely tousles her hair or wears heavy eyeliner.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2022

Dune Beautiful people looking wistfully at each other across sweeping landscapes as the wind tousles their hair— the first few seconds of the Dune trailer almost feel like a perfume commercial.

From The Verge ● Jul. 24, 2021

Allen replies with a good-natured laugh and tousles the boy’s blond hair.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2017

Lenny even takes the meatloaf out of the oven for my mom and tousles Bryce’s hair when Bryce shows up to get his plate of meatloaf.

From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden

This is not a tale where the heroine’s acceptable aesthetics are revealed by her removing her glasses or allowing her tousled waves to tumble out of a tightly pinned hairdo.

From Salon ● May 20, 2026

Bardot starred in nearly 50 films including And God Created Woman and Contempt, setting fashion trends with her tousled blonde hair and bold eyeliner, before becoming the model for Marianne, the personified symbol of France.

From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2026

There are tousled children in thick wool sweaters and copper pots hanging from the ceiling.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025

Although she was still honing her skills, her tall, lean beauty, capped with a tousled jazz-age bob, caught Putnam’s attention.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2025

Tally tried without success to imagine what a tousled Dr. Cable would look like.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld

“Eighth grade isn’t so bad, is it, Son?” he said, tousling the boy’s hair.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2026

Unlike oil-drum-style alternatives nearby, some had triangular tops with tiny, circular openings that would deter rummaging and prevent wind from tousling the garbage.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 16, 2021

Then, yes, dude was snubbed, even after going on an apology tour for tousling Donald Trump’s hair.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2018

Along with blue skies and tousling breezes, bicycles returned to the city this week.

From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2015

She was a gray-haired woman who constantly embarrassed Jerry because she insisted on tousling his hair and murmuring, “Child, child . . .” like he was a third grader or something.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier