How to use "slovenly" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "slovenly" in popular movie and book plots

  • Caesar, an effete tough guy and his slovenly half brother, Otto, have signed up as summer camp counselors.  - Caesar and Otto's Summer Camp Massacre
  • The ballet is an ironic tale of slovenly work in a Soviet factory.  - The Bolt (Shostakovich)
  • In contrast to their surrogates, the human operators are depicted as slovenly and homebound.  - Surrogates
  • Alberto is a jeweler whose wife, Silvina, has kicked him out of his house because of his slovenly lifestyle.  - Departamento compartido
  • You're a slovenly housekeeper".  - Conrad the Sailor
  • The narrator and Morty retire to a cafe, where they run into Freddy Hurst, a fat and slovenly ex-gangster who is down on his luck.  - Layer Cake (novel)
  • She had faked her own death simply to persuade her slovenly son-in-law to straighten up.  - Easy Money (1983 film)
  • Frank Detorre (Bill Murray) is an unkempt, slovenly zookeeper at the Sucat Memorial Zoo in Rhode Island.  - Osmosis Jones
  • Ellen and Fanny, now a schoolgirl, are embarrassed and put off by Alfred's drinking and slovenly appearance.  - Cavalcade (1933 film)

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