One of the Beardsleys-she thought it was Kezzie, but had been in no state of mind to ask-had discovered her lying in a disheveled heap in the dooryard.

Another gravimetric wave inundated the Dutiful Burden, and the inertial dampers, already stressed beyond their means, failed once more; scaled bodies vaulted, landing in disheveled heaps of silent pain.

And when they arrive, wafts of garlic rise from the disheveled heap, and in each forkful is a mixture of soft potato, salt cod and the creamy, curdlike eggs.

Marisol pulls an item from a disheveled heap.

One screen came to life again, showing us by its pale glow the main ballroom with the guests dumped into a disheveled heap.

He reached the bottom of the staircase, a disheveled 234 heap.

Grinning, Jared tapped his bow on the solid rock underfoot and, in return, picked up the sonic effects of a disheveled heap--soubat, human, broken lance, and protruding arrow shaft.

The hypersensitive exotic uttered a heart-wrenching soprano wail and sank slowly to the floor in a disheveled heap of plumage and quivering primary and secondary sexual organs.

But in stepping forward she tripped on her flounces and fell in a disheveled heap upon the couch.