straggly ivy. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
He just hates what he calls straggly straight hair. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 14, 2007] Reference
At the Riding-house in Nicolson Street was a kind of straggly group, with red-coats interspersed. From Wordnik.com. [Thomas Carlyle] Reference
He just hates what he calls 'straggly, straight hair.'. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 13, 2007] Reference
His white hair was straggly, pointing every which way. From Wordnik.com. [A Thousand Splendid Suns]
And not that straggly little fence you ` ve seen on TV. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 11, 2007] Reference
He was small with a pale, waxen face, and a straggly beard. From Wordnik.com. [Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry]
Because a weak, straggly plant may produce one fine blossom. From Wordnik.com. [The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.] Reference
Dutchy, you know, in the back o 'his neck -- he's straggly now. From Wordnik.com. [Miss Theodosia's Heartstrings] Reference
She became rather plain, with straggly hair and ragged clothing. From Wordnik.com. [Xone of Contention]
“Need to throw him back,” said the man with the straggly beard. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of the Silver Bow]
And not just your typical straggly country stand of zinnias, either. From Wordnik.com. [STATEMENT BY DEPUTY PRESIDENT ZUMA TO THE GALA DINNER IN HONOUR OF WOMEN VETERANS] Reference
My long, straggly goatee was haphazardly twisted into a ragged braid. From Wordnik.com. ['No Angel: My Harrowing Undercover Journey to the Inner Circle of the Hells Angels'] Reference
His hair was long and oily and straggly and he wore a thin, unkempt goatee. From Wordnik.com. [2nd Chance]
Long, straggly, mountain-man hair, with an equally long and straggly beard. From Wordnik.com. [partygirl Diary Entry] Reference
The straggly white hair had given way to soft, healthy waves of chestnut hue. From Wordnik.com. [Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930] Reference
Sunflowers get brown and straggly looking before the season is past its prime. From Wordnik.com. [The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.] Reference
Her features were plain, her hair was straggly, and her dress was nothing much. From Wordnik.com. [Zombie Lover]
Its straggly hairs got caught in his impeccably ironed and starched collar-ruff. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles]
We spied a few straggly trees and made for them, for we were just at timber line. From Wordnik.com. [Buffalo Roost] Reference
She has skin the color of a new saddle, and the oddest straggly straw-colored hair. From Wordnik.com. [Letters of a Woman Homesteader] Reference
Of these Thomas produces the best nuts, but the tree is somewhat straggly in growth. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference
The speaker was a wide-shouldered man with thinning blond hair and a straggly beard. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of the Silver Bow]
Gershom moved away, and Helikaon turned to the steersman, the straggly-bearded Epeus. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of the Silver Bow]
But the eyes showed bright from under the matted hair and from out of the straggly beard. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Girls on Waters Blue Or the Strange Cruise of the Tartar] Reference
Bring your plants with their own earth, your straggly geraniums, pots, and each a trowel. From Wordnik.com. [The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.] Reference
“Places,” called the director, Giles Brown, a thin, nervous man with a straggly beard. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a Scriptwriter]
Her hair was straggly; on the rare occasions when it was clean, it was simply uncared for. From Wordnik.com. [The Hotel New Hampshire]
Her hair was longer and fuller and less straggly, with some of its original fair color showing. From Wordnik.com. [Dragon on a Pedestal]
Presently he saw a number of straggly things dangling downward from the rocks and soil overhead. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Land Boomer Dick Arbuckle's Adventures in Oklahoma] Reference
Fancy calling that wiry stuff grass in England, and admiring those straggly creepers and shrubs. From Wordnik.com. [The Moving Finger A Trotting Christmas Eve at Warwingie Lost! The Loss of the "Vanity" Dick Stanesby's Hutkeeper The Yanyilla Steeplechase A Digger's Christmas] Reference
A straggly line of elementary school children wended into sight, all wearing identical blue hats. From Wordnik.com. [Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto] Reference
It was piling in heaps on sidewalks, on roofs, gathering in patches on the bark of straggly trees. From Wordnik.com. [A Thousand Splendid Suns]
They looked up quickly, to see a ragged gypsy man, with a straggly black moustache, scowling at them. From Wordnik.com. [Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue and Their Shetland Pony] Reference
In spite of his straggly beard and unkempt appearance, there was a vague suggestion of the soldier about him. From Wordnik.com. [The Land of Promise] Reference
"Oh, no, I don't, young man!" interrupted the stranger, running his skinny hands through his straggly, white hair. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Ranchers in Death Valley or Diamond X and the Poison Mystery] Reference
Then one of the men around the table raised his head, revealing a thin face, with watery blue eyes and a straggly goatee. From Wordnik.com. [Rebels of the Red Planet] Reference
Fitful little plants grew straggly in the shadows of the mossy trunks, forming a dense underbrush that made walking difficult. From Wordnik.com. [Survival Tactics] Reference
There is a small, straggly Christmas tree lashed to the roof, and in the back, two young boys clearly frightened by the accident. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives That Came Before You, The Lives That Never End] Reference
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