The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy. From LearnThat.org. [John Galsworthy (1867-1933).]
Careless and untidy in her personal habits. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
My husband was dreadfully untidy, which is much worse. '. From Wordnik.com. [Love at Second Sight] Reference
Donald Rumsfeld said that the riots were "untidy" because democracy was untidy. From Wordnik.com. [David Bromwich: Occupation and Terror] Reference
It's still an "untidy" situation for job hunters, as it will probably continue to be for some time. From Wordnik.com. [kevynwight Diary Entry] Reference
On a large platter the cook had built a kind of untidy thicket of parsley and chopped celery, eked out with lettuce leaves. From Wordnik.com. [Kathleen] Reference
"monogram leather" fort worth texas is usually looking kind of untidy and needs to be cleaned up. From Wordnik.com. [MyLinkVault Newest Links] Reference
Our system is untidy; but it beats the alternatives. From Wordnik.com. [Reinventing Corporate America] Reference
Equally important, the McGovern campaign was ... untidy. From Wordnik.com. [Rick Horowitz: No, Really -- Dems Should Party Like It's 1972] Reference
Josephine's almost rough -- and what an untidy mop of hair!. From Wordnik.com. [Judy of York Hill] Reference
Well, war is untidy and perhaps battlefields should be, too. From Wordnik.com. [The Statue Sweepstakes] Reference
I am plain and untidy, with never an accomplishment to my name. From Wordnik.com. [Grey Town An Australian Story] Reference
"You know you say you were made untidy, and untidy you'll stay.". From Wordnik.com. [Judy of York Hill] Reference
You never greeted him with a ragged or untidy dress or soiled hands. From Wordnik.com. [Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage] Reference
"You know folks could see it from the street, an 'it looked untidy.". From Wordnik.com. [Janice Day at Poketown] Reference
Miss Blake bent over and straightened the untidy heap without a word. From Wordnik.com. [The Governess] Reference
But lower expectations and untidy transitions may be a necessary price to pay. From Wordnik.com. [The PEPFAR Paradox] Reference
Tea was set forth with no daintiness upon the untidy, coloured cloth of the centre-table. From Wordnik.com. [A Sheaf of Corn] Reference
The woman crossed the room, which was untidy and dirty, and pulled out a drawer in the table. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl Scouts' Good Turn] Reference
The finest attire and decorations will add nothing to the appearance or beauty of an untidy person. From Wordnik.com. [Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage] Reference
Her hair was rough and disordered, her frock was rumpled and untidy, her hands were obviously soiled. From Wordnik.com. [The Governess] Reference
What they got instead was the untidy drama of the old regime, the kind of chaos that Arafat thrived on. From Wordnik.com. [Life After Arafat] Reference
In the airless, bow-windowed room, upon the untidy sofa where he had left her, his wife was lying dead. From Wordnik.com. [A Sheaf of Corn] Reference
The untidy, Throbbin 'Robin side of his personal life has provoked several bursts of damaging publicity. From Wordnik.com. [Messy, But Methodical] Reference
Auden, as usual, had it right: "… even the dreadful martyrdom must run its course/anyhow in a corner, some untidy spot.". From Wordnik.com. [Watching Torture] Reference
These flavored the air with salt and hickory, which did not mix with other untidy odors of body odor, sewage, and perfume. From Wordnik.com. [The Time Broker] Reference
She was rising to go, when the door was suddenly thrown open, and a tall, untidy figure made its appearance in the aperture. From Wordnik.com. [A True Friend A Novel] Reference
She liked Miss Letitia's apparel to have the same trim look as her own instead of the comfortably untidy appearance it did have. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Arethusa] Reference
His Majesty received me informally at his palace in a small, stuffy room -- his office, no doubt -- and an untidy one it was too. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
First impressions are indelible, and it would be difficult to convince Mrs. Rae ever that the house was not always dusty and untidy. From Wordnik.com. [Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888] Reference
A girl with red cheeks and untidy hair, dressed in a green waitress 'uniform appeared, swept up to the table, pad and pencil in hand. From Wordnik.com. [It Could Be Anything] Reference
He entered the living-room one afternoon looking weary and untidy, and flung himself into an easy-chair, giving a curt nod of greeting to. From Wordnik.com. [Kiddie the Scout] Reference
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