bedraggle

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Recent Examples of bedraggle The glam, somewhat bedraggled Batman to Adan’s Bruce Wayne made his first appearance in 2006. Richard Villegas, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2023 The weary and bedraggled men reached the confluence of these two majestic rivers on Sunday, April 26. Larry Rohter, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2023 On a dark and stormy day in Cape Town in 2013, four bedraggled little kittens arrived at the entrance of The Café Grill Restaurant at The Twelve Apostles Hotel and Spa. Sandra MacGregor, Forbes, 2 Apr. 2023 The doll, covered in fluffy swan skin, suffered an ignominious end, beheaded and bedraggled in a courtyard the morning after Kokoschka threw a raucous farewell party for it. Cathleen Schine, The New York Review of Books, 7 Jan. 2020 Chandler, be-suited and bedraggled, whose work in computer-something-or-other summons the amorphous anxieties of the coming digital age. Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bedraggle
Verb
  • Shivering in Cassidy’s arms, tears wetting her cheeks, naked, so vulnerable.
    Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025
  • The weather will transition from sunny to wet from March 20 to March 31, that first week, with temperatures staying on the cooler side, the Old Farmer’s Almanac forecast said.
    Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacramento Bee, 13 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Judge Jeffrey Clothier, who was elected to Genesee County’s 67th District Court in January, said requiring as many as 100 shoplifters caught stealing from a local Walmart to wash cars for free would serve the community and possibly discourage others from stealing from the retail giant.
    Landon Mion, Fox News, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Step 3: Clean The Shelves Use a sponge or wash cloth dipped in warm, soapy water to wipe off shelves.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The concertina wire installed by the state prevented agents from getting to immigrants, including in situations where immigrants attempting to cross were drowning in the river.
    Anna Giaritelli, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025
  • This blends well with many skin tones, not drowning out paler skin tones as brighter reds might do.
    Jenny Berg, Vogue, 7 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Or that people would flood his feed with recommendations for other places to try.
    Sara Murphy, Charlotte Observer, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Carey’s home flooded with six feet of water during Hurricane Helene in September.
    Hannah Schoenbaum, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2025

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“Bedraggle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedraggle. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.

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