Sentence examples for dishevel from inspiring English sources
The word "dishevel" is correct and usable in written English
It is typically used to describe something that is untidy or in disarray, often referring to hair or clothing. Example: "After the long journey, her hair was disheveled and her clothes wrinkled." Alternatives include "messy" or "untidy."
verb
To throw into disorder; upheave.
This is not soba for contemplation, plates so exquisitely composed you dare not dishevel them.
Then dishevel your opera.
Who knows how long Boris spends artfully dishevelling his mop of hair in the morning.
They are not so different from hired mourners, beating their breasts (JCO digs her fingernails into her arms and bleeds, as does O'Rourke), renting their garments and generally dishevelling (O'Rourke: "At one point I did not wash my hair for ten days"), waving talismans and amulets at us (photographs, shoes, friendship bracelets, answer-machine messages recorded by the dead).
It has one of the best closet scenes ever: with Clare Higgins as a raunchy, bibulous Gertrude dishevelling into a tousled heap of wretchedness.
He was also a very striking figure: while most people run a comb through their hair when preparing to face the world, David gave the impression that he must have begun his day by deliberately dishevelling himself, with tousled hair, heavy-lidded eyes, wearing a crumpled shirt and stained trousers, for all the world like a South African farmer after a long night at the country club.
His hilarious struggle with the domestic appliances in Kalldewey Farce, when his wife has left to join the feminists, or his dishevelling efforts to extract gladioli from their cellophane wrapping in Final Chorus were two of many tours de force in Strauss's plays.
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