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Definition of Disheveling
1. dishevel [v] - See also: dishevel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disheveling
Literary usage of Disheveling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1886)
"Upon the word he began disheveling his carefully brushed hair, saying it was "
a poser," and, by way of compliment, that it " was not slow " ; to which our ..."
2. The World's Best Orations: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time by David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler (1899)
"A sorrow came that swept through the land as huge storms sweep through the forest
and field, rolling thunder along the sky, disheveling the flowers, ..."
3. Holy-days and Holidays: A Treasury of Historical Material, Sermons in Full by Edward Mark Deems (1906)
"A sorrow came that swept through the land as huge storms sweep through the forest
and field, rolling thunder along the sky, disheveling the flowers, ..."
4. Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln by Abraham Lincoln, Daniel Fish (1905)
"A sorrow came that swept through the land as huge storms sweep through the forest
and field, rolling thunder along the sky, disheveling the flowers, ..."
5. Patriotic Addresses in America and England: From 1850 to 1885, on Slavery by Henry Ward Beecher (1887)
"A sorrow came that swept through the land as huge storms sweep through the forest
and field, rolling thunder along the sky, disheveling ..."
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