bedraggle

be·drag·gle | \ bi-ˈdra-gəl

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bedraggled; bedraggling; bedraggles

Definition of bedraggle

transitive verb

: to wet thoroughly

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Examples of bedraggle in a Sentence

I was so bedraggled by the relentless rain that I couldn't wait to get into some dry clothes.

Recent Examples on the Web The doll, covered in fluffy swan skin, suffered an ignominious end, beheaded and bedraggled in a courtyard the morning after Kokoschka threw a raucous farewell party for it. — Cathleen Schine, The New York Review of Books, "It Had to Be Her," 7 Jan. 2020 Chandler, be-suited and bedraggled, whose work in computer-something-or-other summons the amorphous anxieties of the coming digital age. — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, "On Chandler Bing’s Job," 12 Sep. 2019

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“Bedraggle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bedraggle. Accessed 28 May. 2020.

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