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How to use dishevel in a sentence

11 example sentences · verb

Dishevel means to throw into disorder; upheave. Example: “The wind disheveled the papers on the desk.”

Examples of dishevel by meaning

verbTo throw into disorder; upheave.

  • The wind disheveled the papers on the desk.

More sentences with dishevel

  • Dishevelled phosphorylation, subcellular localization and multimerization regulate its role in early embryogenesis .2008 November 5, J, “WNT11 acts as a directional cue to organize the elongation of early muscle fibres”, in Nature, volume 457, number…. From the entry multimerization
  • Her dress was extremely shabby and her hair disheveled, but her face and figure were extraordinarily beautiful.[1976, Ichisada Miyazaki, “The Provincial Examination and Reexamination”, in Conrad Schirokauer, transl., China's Examination Hell: The…. From the entry jinshi
  • “I am not going to be particularly romantic, but rather tee-shirty, rather dishevelled,” Holm says.1967 September 9, Keith Brace, “Something more than a moony lad…”, in The Birmingham Post, number 33,963, section “Midland Magazine”, page…. From the entry tee-shirty
  • He shook his black, dishevelled hair ominously and said: "You'll cop it for this!"1966, Maxim Gorky, Ronald Wilks, My Childhood. From the entry cop it
  • “Wild-eyed and disheveled, King Hrethel roamed every night through his throne room, which was empty and still.”1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 43. From the entry throne room
  • Squat and perspiring, with a low pompadour and a thin black mustache, he was inevitably disheveled by evening.2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, Fleet, page 17. From the entry pompadour
  • This is a crazy, dishevelled, often hilarious film, in which lightning flashes of wit and insight crackle periodically across a plane of tedium.2018 August 31, Peter Bradshaw, “The Other Side of the Wind review – lost Orson Welles epic is hurricane of anger and wit”, in The Guardian. From the entry dishevelled
  • She fixed it in no time at all, transforming it from dishevelled back to shevelled—if shevelled is even a word, that is.2015, Andreas Oertel, Trouble at Impact Lake, page 119. From the entry shevelled
  • That's why mob wives appear so unkempt and disheveled when accompanying their men to court—it's a cultivated look meant to underscore their fidelity.2015 February 20, Roberto Saviano, “The Complex Role of Women in the Italian Mob”, in VICE, archived from the original on 24 Feb 2024. From the entry mob wife
  • He has baggy pants that sag to various levels and a shirt so dishevelled it’s hard to believe there was ever a time when it was hevelled.2014, Darrel Bristow-Bovey, One Midlife Crisis and a Speedo, Zebra Press, →ISBN. From the entry hevelled

Meaning of dishevel

  1. verb To throw into disorder; upheave.
  2. verb To disarrange or loosen (hair, clothing, etc.).
  3. verb To spread out in disorder.

Full definition of dishevel

Questions about dishevel in a sentence

How do you use dishevel in a sentence?
Dishevel is used as a verb. For example: “The wind disheveled the papers on the desk.”
What is a short sentence with dishevel?
“The wind disheveled the papers on the desk.”
What does dishevel mean?
Dishevel means to throw into disorder; upheave.

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