Sentences with phrase «arrived rumpled»

He arrived rumpled and bleary - eyed from London for the public announcement on the capitol steps.

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In her narrow rumpled bed again and again she flails against the white sheets that rush upon her with the sound of angels» wings, while the sharp songs of predatory night birds outside her window attack the ear, then change into sweeter, holier notes as dawn arrives.

When he arrived that afternoon at Barn C to check on Tamerlane, Clark was rumpled and skeptical of his chances.

Dressed alike in their rumpled black suits, carrying their great black - bound books, they pass through the crowd into the main sanctuary where the older men are arriving, businessmen coming from downtown, the storekeepers from the neighborhood, the retired grandfathers.