beard
Example Sentences
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This 12.5 foot-tall terracotta figure embodies various kinds of religious iconography all at once, from a Vishnu-like chest to a Christ-like beard.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
"There are cameras everywhere. Wouldn't I have come in a hire car or something? With some kind of beard?" he reasons.
From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026
Mojtaba Khamenei, a cleric who has a salt-and-pepper beard and the black turban of the "seyyed" -- descendants of the Prophet Mohammed -- is a veteran of the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s.
From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026
The 54-year-old comedian with a beard full of gray stubble drops back to pass, launching a tight spiral underneath SoFi’s massive technicolor halo scoreboard hovering above a sea of empty stands.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026
For in addition to his twinkling eyes and long cigar-sweet beard, Father ticked.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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