Verb (used with object), : The wind disheveled the papers on the desk. From Dictionary.com.
Adjective : disheveled hair. ,a disheveled appearance. From Dictionary.com.
Clem put his head in, dishevelled from a bath. From Wordnik.com. [Mrs. Miniver] Reference
He was dishevelled, which is unusual for him. From Wordnik.com. [Top Stories: BreakingNews.ie] Reference
Ran madding to the downs, with loose dishevelled hair. From Wordnik.com. [Highways & Byways in Sussex] Reference
He was heavy-eyed from sleep and dishevelled as to looks. From Wordnik.com. [Janet of the Dunes] Reference
She sat up, too, both of us crimson-faced and dishevelled. From Wordnik.com. [The La Chance Mine Mystery] Reference
And above all Parmenides has dishevelled and torn his hair. From Wordnik.com. [Cligés. English] Reference
When he saw her with her hair dishevelled and her frantic look. From Wordnik.com. [The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story] Reference
He looks as if he had lived in the outer air, unkempt, dishevelled!. From Wordnik.com. [When the Birds Begin to Sing] Reference
In spite of our dishevelled locks, we after all enjoyed a very pleasant meal. From Wordnik.com. [Through Finland in Carts] Reference
He is hatless and unwashed and dishevelled, standing in the Blackfriars Road. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
Esther for the first time realised her dishevelled appearance, her hatless head. From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
She had been somewhat dishevelled at her last appearance, and carelessly attired. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
I saw a face pale, overhung with dishevelled hair, and filled with an anguish of fear. From Wordnik.com. [The Lady of the Ice A Novel] Reference
The door was open, and any number of dishevelled heads and staring eyes crowded in at us. From Wordnik.com. [In Direst Peril] Reference
A rambling, incoherent letter is not in good taste any more than careless, dishevelled clothing. From Wordnik.com. [How to Write Letters (Formerly The Book of Letters) A Complete Guide to Correct Business and Personal Correspondence] Reference
In the next street a breathless creature came running after her, a tawdry, painted, dishevelled girl. From Wordnik.com. [Ideala] Reference
The child arose, put back the dishevelled hair that had fallen over her face, and sat down by the table. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
Her hair was dishevelled, and her eyes red with tears, and frequent cries of sorrow burst from her lips. From Wordnik.com. [Chinese Folk-Lore Tales] Reference
His beard and clothing were dishevelled, and, as he drew near, his deep, gasping breaths became audible. From Wordnik.com. ['Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands] Reference
Behind the dishevelled blond hair lurks a highly calculating political brain which is clicking into action. From Wordnik.com. [Boris Johnson 'issues resignation threat' over Crossrail cuts] Reference
What on earth they thought of strange women sitting in towels, and with dishevelled locks, we dare not think. From Wordnik.com. [Through Finland in Carts] Reference
She had not expected him; he found her lying dishevelled and unbusked, with all her glossy hair tumbled loose. From Wordnik.com. [Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso] Reference
She is in full armour, her hair is dishevelled, and she bears a scourge in one hand, and a lance in the other. From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome] Reference
Her cheeks were pale; her eyes heavy and swollen, and the raven hair fell in dishevelled waves over her shoulders. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
The women, with dishevelled hair and bared breasts, visited farm houses and requested charity, more as a right than. From Wordnik.com. [Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales] Reference
Eris is represented as a woman of florid complexion, with dishevelled hair, and her whole appearance angry and menacing. From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome] Reference
She ran, dishevelled and breathless, toward her daughter, seized her by the hand and, drawing herself up, said to Camors. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
She made her way out into the hall again and there found herself confronting Donaldson -- dusty, bruised, and dishevelled. From Wordnik.com. [The Seventh Noon] Reference
Looking from her dishevelled figure to the box, the significance of her evident occupation was suddenly borne in upon him. From Wordnik.com. [The Genius] Reference
It was a very draggled and dishevelled Thomas that appeared next morning at the stable door of his old home in the country. From Wordnik.com. [More Tales in the Land of Nursery Rhyme] Reference
Hitherto, the town has been looked upon as the rather dishevelled neighbour of Bournville, the garden suburb founded by the Cadbury family. From Wordnik.com. [Pride of Place] Reference
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