adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
tousled especially literary (= a little untidy, in a way that looks attractive )
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his youthfully handsome face and tousled hair that hung untidily over his collar
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
hair
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The thought lit a spark of rebellion, and slowly she sat up, pushing tousled hair back from her tear-streaked face.
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A slender youth with dark tousled hair and eyes of a stormy blue.
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The tousled hair falls neglected across the furrowed brow.
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Carol ran a hand through her tousled hair and sighed.
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In the dimness, his tousled hair seemed to send out rays of its own brightness.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Beth smoothed her tousled hair.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But it wasn't really such a leap from paintings of riders to pictures of top-hatted toffs playing around with tousled tarts.
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Her hair was tousled and looked in need of brushing.
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His black hair was tousled , blown by the wind, shining strands of it across his brown forehead.
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The tousled upswept tendrils of hair.
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The thought lit a spark of rebellion, and slowly she sat up, pushing tousled hair back from her tear-streaked face.
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Vron lying with back arched and legs raised on a tousled white carpet.
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Xanthe ambled in in a tousled yawning state and yesterday's clothes and flopped into the empty chair beside Filmer.