tousled

Example Sentences

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

In the trailer, Chalamet is seen with Dylan's distinctive tousled hair, performing his 1963 classic A Hard Rain’s a‐Gonna Fall.

From BBC • Jul. 24, 2024

The 1920s had found a superstar, who with her tousled hair, leather jacket, scarf and khakis, buoyed the world through the Depression.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2024

When you’re pondering actors associated with the indie-film company A24, your thoughts may run to the young, hot and impossibly tousled.

From New York Times • Oct. 4, 2023

Angela looked back at the embracing couple; her father's face was buried in her weeping mother's tousled hair.

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin