UNKEMPT in a Sentence
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16 example sentences for UNKEMPT, such as:
1. She did not feel exalted, but unkempt and furious.
2. But it looked forlorn and unkempt under the gray sky.
3. Softened neither by snow nor by waving boughs the houses squatted and scowled, revealed in their unkempt harshness.
4. I liked better some American detective stories which were traversed from time to time by unkempt fierce and beautiful girls.
5. He was unkempt, uncombed, and clad in the same old ruin of rags that had made him picturesque in the days when he was free and happy.
2. But it looked forlorn and unkempt under the gray sky.
3. Softened neither by snow nor by waving boughs the houses squatted and scowled, revealed in their unkempt harshness.
4. I liked better some American detective stories which were traversed from time to time by unkempt fierce and beautiful girls.
5. He was unkempt, uncombed, and clad in the same old ruin of rags that had made him picturesque in the days when he was free and happy.
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Meanings and Examples of UNKEMPT
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unkempt
a. not properly maintained or cared for
a. not neatly combed
Classic Sentence:
1 The state militia who had gone out so short a time before, resplendent in new uniforms, could hardly be distinguished from the seasoned troops, so dirty and unkempt were they.
2 He sat slouched in the saddle, a thick, rough-looking man with an unkempt black beard straggling over his unbuttoned blue jacket.
3 But it looked forlorn and unkempt under the gray sky.
4 The lawn was wide and green with thick clover and bordering it was a straggling, unkempt privet hedge, interlaced with sweet-smelling honeysuckle vines.
5 Softened neither by snow nor by waving boughs the houses squatted and scowled, revealed in their unkempt harshness.
6 She did not feel exalted, but unkempt and furious.
7 There was a movement and an exclamation from my right, and peering through the gloom, I saw Whitney, pale, haggard, and unkempt, staring out at me.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP
Context Highlight In VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP
8 Collar and shirt bore the grime of a long journey, and the hair bristled unkempt from the well-shaped head.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
Context Highlight In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
9 There were two rough-haired, unkempt horses in the tumble-down stable.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
Context Highlight In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
10 The official received us with a very grave face and showed us into a sitting-room, where an exceedingly unkempt and agitated elderly man, clad in a flannel dressing-gown, was pacing up and down.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SIX NAPOLEONS
Context Highlight In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SIX NAPOLEONS
11 "T'other" was a ragged, unkempt creature, with nothing very pleasant in his face.
12 He was unkempt, uncombed, and clad in the same old ruin of rags that had made him picturesque in the days when he was free and happy.
13 I liked better some American detective stories which were traversed from time to time by unkempt fierce and beautiful girls.
14 Yonder is another grove, with unkempt lawn, great magnolias, and grass-grown paths.
Example Sentence:
1 Jeremy hated his neighbor's unkempt lawn: he thought its neglected appearance had a detrimental effect on neighborhood property values.
2 Through some combination of political skill, fortuitous timing, well-tuned messaging, and sheer luck this has become the Summer of Sanders — in which an unkempt 73-year-old man who isn't even a member of the Democratic Party is mounting the strongest challenge to the Democratic establishment.