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matted

[ UK /mˈætɪd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. tangled in a dense mass
    tried to push through the matted undergrowth
  2. not reflecting light; not glossy
    flat wall paint
    a photograph with a matte finish

How To Use matted In A Sentence

  • He was a scrawny Barbary Macaque with matted, clumpy hair. BETTER LESSONS • by Aaron Polson
  • My hair was matted and wild -- my limbs soiled with salt ooze; while at sea, I had thrown off those of my garments that encumbered me, and the rain drenched the thin summer-clothing I had retained -- my feet were bare, and the stunted reeds and broken shells made them bleed -- the while, I hurried to and fro, now looking earnestly on some distant rock which, islanded in the sands, bore for a moment a deceptive appearance -- now with flashing eyes reproaching the murderous ocean for its unutterable cruelty. III.9
  • Large packs of black matted mastiffs prowl the streets for scraps, occasionally breaking into fights of heart-stopping ferocity.
  • For example, the content of a curriculum vita was reformatted to look like a letter, a dictionary and so on.
  • His dark hair was matted with sweat, his expression strained and empty, the expression of release. Strangers In the Night
  • Nae tawted tyke, though e'er sae duddie, [matted cur, ragged] Robert Burns How To Know Him
  • Some website authoring software packages only allow you to entire plain, unformatted text.
  • The hair hung down, limp and draggled, or matted with dried blood where Hal's club had bruised him.
  • It was misty, close, everything intimate, the telegraph wires against thick creamy clouds like matted fleeces, the birds huddling. LOST CHILDREN
  • Dislocation also occurred when Buddhist sutras and commentaries were cut up, dispersed, and sometimes reformatted in calligraphy model books (tekagami).
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