dishevel
verb
di·shev·el
di-ˈshev-əl 
disheveled or dishevelled; disheveling or dishevelling
di-ˈshe-v(ə-)liŋ
: to throw into disorder or disarray
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Examples of dishevel in a Sentence
decorations for the garden wedding that had been disheveled by the wind
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In the very first scene of Hulu’s Great Expectations, a distraught and disheveled Pip (Fionn Whitehead) ties one end of a rope to a bridge, tightens the other around his neck, and leaps.
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Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Mar. 2023
Angular guitars, indie-disco beats, deliberately disheveled haircuts.
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In Sound of Music, Julie Andrews’ Maria uses singing to break the children out of their cages, but Jack Black’s disheveled Dewey Finn employs the sounds and culture of rock and roll to teach the uptight kids at Horace Green Preparatory School to be themselves, and to love themselves.
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Then there’s the smell: Byredo’s Oud Immortel replaced by a foreign laundry detergent and the salt of unfamiliar skin; disheveled hair that has locked in smoke particles from the clurb.
—Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2023
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Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Mar. 2023
Angular guitars, indie-disco beats, deliberately disheveled haircuts.
—Jon O'Brien, Vulture, 9 May 2023
In Sound of Music, Julie Andrews’ Maria uses singing to break the children out of their cages, but Jack Black’s disheveled Dewey Finn employs the sounds and culture of rock and roll to teach the uptight kids at Horace Green Preparatory School to be themselves, and to love themselves.
—Luke Ottenhof, Billboard, 13 Apr. 2023
Then there’s the smell: Byredo’s Oud Immortel replaced by a foreign laundry detergent and the salt of unfamiliar skin; disheveled hair that has locked in smoke particles from the clurb.
—Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2023
See all Example Sentences for dishevel
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“Dishevel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dishevel. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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dishevel
verb
di·shev·el
dish-ˈev-əl
disheveled or dishevelled; disheveling or dishevelling
-ˈev-(ə-)liŋ
: to throw into disorder : make untidy
the wind disheveled her clothes
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