stubbly

Example Sentences

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Stubbly and exhausted, operating on three hours of sleep a night, dressed in an Army-green T-shirt, he dragged his own chair into position at a news conference he held while in hiding.

From New York Times • Mar. 5, 2022

Stubbly, hand-ground pigments and air bubbles in the brush strokes created “a subtle pockmarked appearance,” they note.

From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2011

Stubbly hay and wheat fields cover most of the earth.

From Time Magazine Archive

Stubbly, grim, brown leather jacket, All Blacks rugby shirt.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

Stubbly bush had been uprooted from charming slopes to make place for luxuriant beds of tomatoes and Cape gooseberries; and terraces of flowers already gave evidence of beauty and fragrance to come.

From The Claw by Stockley, Cynthia