as in to disrupt
to undo the proper order or arrangement of
decorations for the garden wedding that had been disheveled by the wind
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Recent Examples of dishevel
The offbeat styling had tights and leggings worn as pants, and the hair deliberately disheveled.
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Christian Allaire, Vogue, 7 Mar. 2023
However, this time, Addison arrives disheveled and exhausted with a messy bun instead of an immaculate ponytail.
—Lincee Ray, EW.com, 24 Mar. 2023
Amanda Loman/Getty The Trail Blazers looked listless and disheveled at times during their Wednesday loss to the Celtics.
—Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Mar. 2023
Not too much makeup, but not disheveled.
—Marisa Ingemi, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Mar. 2023
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Christian Allaire, Vogue, 7 Mar. 2023
However, this time, Addison arrives disheveled and exhausted with a messy bun instead of an immaculate ponytail.
—Lincee Ray, EW.com, 24 Mar. 2023
Amanda Loman/Getty The Trail Blazers looked listless and disheveled at times during their Wednesday loss to the Celtics.
—Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Mar. 2023
Not too much makeup, but not disheveled.
—Marisa Ingemi, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Mar. 2023
See all Example Sentences for dishevel
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dishevel
Verb
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Lower serotonin levels can disrupt this process, leading to constipation.87 Ongoing stress can also affect the gut barrier and make your intestines more sensitive to bacteria.—
Brittany Dube,
Health,
8 Feb. 2025
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Mahomes has a significant edge at quarterback over Jalen Hurts, but Philly’s defense can disrupt his timing in the pocket, contain his scrambles and lock down his receivers.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
7 Feb. 2025
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The following story contains graphic language that may disturb some readers.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
16 Feb. 2025
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Warren called his sister and was disturbed by their short conversation.—
Johnny Dodd,
People.com,
15 Feb. 2025
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The employee recounted how the customer, seemingly annoyed, gestured under his chin in a manner that initially confused her.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
6 Feb. 2025
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Activists on college campuses have confused the ability to occupy and disrupt physical space for the right to dissent verbally.—
Thomas Chatterton Williams,
The Atlantic,
6 Feb. 2025
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Smaller breeds take the field in the first quarter, and the lineup shuffles to play the larger breeds in the fourth quarter.—
Emma Bowman,
NPR,
8 Feb. 2025
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Just one row above the workers, a group of tourists shuffled along and looked askance at the repair work.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Feb. 2025
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The film’s most trenchant scenes involve Gere in states of repose or regret or nostalgia, especially when psychically disarrayed in a chair with a camera facing toward him, wondering what, for example, desire smells like.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
6 Dec. 2024
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Seen in a video that moves through the abandoned and disarrayed hallways of the pediatric intensive care unit at Al-Nasr Children’s Hospital in northern Gaza were several babies whose unattended bodies lay on separate hospital beds.—
Yasmine Salam,
NBC News,
2 Dec. 2023
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