He answered the door looking squinty and frowzled, like we'd woken him up from a nap. From Wordnik.com. [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]
It was Jud Carpenter standing over her and pointing to where a frowzled broken thread was tangling itself around a separator. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
"I should think they would, and you look dreadfully frowzled," said Bea, smoothing down her own dress, with an air of self-approval. From Wordnik.com. [Six Girls A Home Story] Reference
Vesty had been soothing her face in the baby's frowzled hair. From Wordnik.com. [Vesty of the Basins] Reference
He saw a vehement young man, powdersmeared and frowzled, whom he knew to be him. From Wordnik.com. [The Red Badge of Courage] Reference
He saw a vehement young man, powder-smeared and frowzled, whom he knew to be him. From Wordnik.com. [The Red Badge of Courage] Reference
They entered a small stifling room where were a stove, two kitchen chairs and three frowzled beds in corners. From Wordnik.com. [His Family] Reference
They were heavy-eyed, leering cubs, their hats were tipped back, and frowzled fore-tops stuck out over their pimply faces -- types of youths whom modest girls avoid hurriedly by detours. From Wordnik.com. [The Landloper] Reference
The little things run and keep step with the older men and women; their shaggy, frowzled heads are bent, their hands protrude pitifully from their sleeves; they are barefooted, bareheaded. From Wordnik.com. [The Woman Who Toils Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls] Reference
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