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verb

past tense of bedraggle

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of bedraggled
Adjective
The bedraggled one-story brick building at 408 South Harwood Street, built in 1930, will be remodeled and reconfigured to serve as the park services building, which will include offices, restrooms and a community room. Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 23 Sep. 2021 The bedraggled, beaten, inexperienced bullpen allowed five runs in the seventh to blow a big lead in a 5-4 loss. Evan Grant, Dallas News, 27 Aug. 2021 For a bedraggled parent short on time and energy, these services can seem like a Fairy Toymother. Kathryn O’Shea-Evans, WSJ, 2 July 2021 In one apartment, an alarm-clock radio rouses a bedraggled man who looks the way bad breath smells. New York Times, 3 June 2021 See all Example Sentences for bedraggled 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bedraggled
Adjective
  • Lamine Yamal’s filthy turn for the second goal (above) let football shine through the politics for a second.
    Phil Hay, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
  • In the earlier seasons of the show, characters were often filthy, caked with dirt and blood, clothes tattered.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Movies like High Tension (2003) and Martyrs (2008) would have even Eli Roth wetting his knickers, and Inside is no exception.
    Huntley Woods, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024
  • The greed machine has already taken over the health care and banking industries and that success has wetted their appetites to rip off even more Americans.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 2 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The foods that account for the biggest sources of saturated fats in Americans’ diets include cheese, pizza, ice cream and eggs.
    Melissa Dahl, NBC News, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Peanuts Peanuts have a beneficial fatty acid profile, containing 50% MUFAs, about 30% PUFAs, and a significantly lower percentage of saturated fats.
    Lauren O'Connor, MS, Health, 22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • In its time open, fueled by fans of its blackened mahi and buttery lobster rolls, owner Mike Smith has expanded his footprint, moving into a larger stall in the popular food hall — which has allowed for a menu expansion, as well.
    Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Dec. 2022
  • There are no glamorous furnishings — just a French window, its blackened panes suggesting the dark of night.
    Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2022
Verb
  • The results, which are beautifully austere, flooded by sunlight but somehow cold, infuriate Van Buren, played with a masculine bluster by Guy Pearce, who sounds as if his idea of the Breakfast of Champions was a bowl of ground glass drowned in whole milk.
    Tom Gliatto, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Things not only got hot, the blazing solar plasma drowned out communications with Earth.
    David Szondy, New Atlas, 2 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Still, there are some who firmly believe that the best Herradura tequila can be found in the dusty bottles that were produced before the turn of the century.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Poor Ventilation Along with the increase in moisture and humidity, another leading cause for a dusty bathroom is poor ventilation.
    Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 28 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Separately, norovirus outbreaks can also spring from food that was contaminated at the source and that’s often eaten raw, like shellfish harvested from virus-laden water or produce washed with it.
    Maggie O'Neill, SELF, 6 Jan. 2025
  • There was a lot of talk about Aaron Rodgers being washed.
    C. Isaiah Smalls II, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The New York Fire Department posted photos and videos on social media on Monday night that showed a flooded street in the borough.
    Isabella Kwai, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2024
  • One post–Hurricane Helene picture viewed millions of times—an image of a tear-streaked girl holding a puppy in a flooded town—was made using artificial intelligence.
    Ben Guarino, Scientific American, 11 Oct. 2024

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