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Tousle is an English word with synonyms like dishevel or tangle. Below you'll find 3 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

Rare word

Tousle in a sentence

Related words

Tousle | Tousled

Tousle meaning

To put into disorder; to tumble; to touse; to muss.

Synonyms of Tousle

dishevel tangle disarrange

Related words

Other words often associated with Tousle or its synonyms:

disarray maze ravel displace twine drag embroil intertwine disorder involve move snarl

Using Tousle

  • The main meaning on this page is: To put into disorder; to tumble; to touse; to muss.
  • Useful related words include: dishevel, tangle, disarrange.

Context around Tousle

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 16.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

playfully 1× word 1×

Often after:

haired 1×

Sentence patterns with Tousle

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

the tousle haired bennett 1× the word tousle 1× to playfully tousle her curly 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

i don t 1× the tousle haired 1×

Common sentence endings:

she smiled broadly 1× the word tousle 1× tour s leader 1×

Words around Tousle

Just before it in the word index:

tousignant 3 touse 11 tousaw 3 tousart 2 tous 5 tourtes 3

Just after it in the word index:

tousled 20 tousoon 2 toussaint 61 tout 140 toutant 2 toutatis 9

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaand 5 aaah 5 aacl 5 aak 5 aapke 5 aarav 5

Corpus analysis for Tousle

  • In this selection, "tousle" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 16.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, playfully, word and haired stand out and add context to how "tousle" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include the tousle haired bennett and the word tousle. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "tousle" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with tousle

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

I don't know how I even know the word "tousle". (11 words)

This time, she had her hands raised to playfully tousle her curly tresses and she smiled broadly. (17 words)

The tousle-haired Bennett was expected to compete this year for the maillot jaunethe yellow jersey worn by the Tour’s leader. (22 words)

Longer example sentences

The tousle-haired Bennett was expected to compete this year for the maillot jaunethe yellow jersey worn by the Tour’s leader. (22 words)

This time, she had her hands raised to playfully tousle her curly tresses and she smiled broadly. (17 words)

I don't know how I even know the word "tousle". (11 words)

Example sentences (3)

This time, she had her hands raised to playfully tousle her curly tresses and she smiled broadly.

I don't know how I even know the word "tousle".

The tousle-haired Bennett was expected to compete this year for the maillot jaunethe yellow jersey worn by the Tour’s leader.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "tousle" in a sentence?
An example: "This time, she had her hands raised to playfully tousle her curly tresses and she smiled broadly." This page contains 3 example sentences with the word "tousle" from authentic English texts.
What does "tousle" mean?
Tousle means: To put into disorder; to tumble; to touse; to muss.
What are synonyms of "tousle"?
Common synonyms of "tousle" include: dishevel, tangle, disarrange.
How many example sentences with "tousle" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 3 example sentences with "tousle", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.