bedraggled
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- unbedraggled adjective
Etymology
Origin of bedraggled
Example Sentences
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Our fellow travelers along the I-95 corridor comprised a particularly vibrant cross-section of American society, including many bedraggled participants of Daytona’s Bike Week, trailering their baggers and dressers home.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
But on what criteria, using what metrics, should the bedraggled managers—who have never had to do this before—make the trade-offs now?
From Slate • Nov. 8, 2025
"There's always people looking a little bedraggled who just want something filling and probably with a vegetable in it," Ayesha Kalaji, from restaurant Queen of Cups said.
From BBC • Jun. 25, 2025
Hawkins lets herself get vulnerable, too, and the film never fakes a punch by pretending she’s anything more than a small, desperate and bedraggled woman with eyes that look like a bottomless well of need.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2025
I turned back to watch the miracle man as he surveyed his bedraggled troops, his young face pinched with worry.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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