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Bedraggled in a sentence
Bedraggled meaning
- Wet, limp, and unkempt; in disarray due to being doused with water, exposed to the elements, etc.
- Decaying, decrepit or dilapidated.
Synonyms of Bedraggled
Using Bedraggled
- The main meaning on this page is: Wet, limp, and unkempt; in disarray due to being doused with water, exposed to the elements, etc. | Decaying, decrepit or dilapidated.
- Useful related words include: draggled, tumble-down, tatterdemalion, ramshackle.
- In the example corpus, bedraggled often appears in combinations such as: bedraggled and.
Context around Bedraggled
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 2 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bedraggled
- In this selection, "bedraggled" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, looks, seemed, less, union, figure and syrian stand out and add context to how "bedraggled" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a bedraggled union flag and a bizarre bedraggled army staggering. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bedraggled" sits close to words such as aaaa, abductees and abdulahi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bedraggled
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
And a slightly less bedraggled one. (6 words)
Harry Martindale said they looked like perfectly normal human beings, only bedraggled and tired. (14 words)
When Drake finally reached its deck, his men were alarmed at his bedraggled appearance. (14 words)
Later, a firefighter carried a wet and bedraggled gray cat from the building and spectators gave him a blanket to wrap the feline in. Neighbors said the cat belonged to the woman who had collapsed earlier. (36 words)
Then, not that many years ago, having been dozing on a train from London to Plymouth, I woke up at Chippenham, I think, to see a bizarre, bedraggled army staggering slowly along the platform. (34 words)
Rated as one of the best players in the world in the 2013 Lions series his Australian rugby contract was torn up after he tried to board a plane in a bedraggled state. (33 words)
Example sentences (12)
A bedraggled union flag flies over houses in Hartlepool on the third anniversary of Brexit.
Also, people tend to neglect their dead-heading duties and the flower often looks bedraggled and tired.
Harry Martindale said they looked like perfectly normal human beings, only bedraggled and tired.
Even then, the cat seemed bedraggled, and so, in truth, did Father Christmas, who looked as if he’d had a liquid lunch and dived into a fist fight.
And a slightly less bedraggled one.
Bruce already cut a bedraggled figure on the touchline as the rain lashed down at the King Power Stadium.
In the past week, they have started emerging at about 7pm each night: bedraggled Syrian Kurds fleeing the Turkish bombardment of their villages and towns to the safety of Iraq.
Later, a firefighter carried a wet and bedraggled gray cat from the building and spectators gave him a blanket to wrap the feline in. Neighbors said the cat belonged to the woman who had collapsed earlier.
Then, not that many years ago, having been dozing on a train from London to Plymouth, I woke up at Chippenham, I think, to see a bizarre, bedraggled army staggering slowly along the platform.
And as the victim, Charlie Plummer who doesn’t have much to do other than look increasingly bedraggled as he is shifted from one prison to another, leaves an impression.
Rated as one of the best players in the world in the 2013 Lions series his Australian rugby contract was torn up after he tried to board a plane in a bedraggled state.
When Drake finally reached its deck, his men were alarmed at his bedraggled appearance.
Common combinations with bedraggled
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: