grizzle

Example Sentences

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There’s spots of gray grizzle visible on his chin.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2023

But if he must, he’ll give it more sizzle than grizzle — for you.

From New York Times • Apr. 30, 2020

With “Hands of Stone,” Robert De Niro officially enters his Burgess Meredith-in-“Rocky” phase, bringing the ringside grizzle and rumpled gravitas by the pound.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 25, 2016

Like a middle-aged heartthrob, Koko has a graceful grey grizzle around the mouth now, and Woss says his leading man will not take on any more films.

From The Guardian • Feb. 9, 2012

“Yes, got a nice beard. It’s turning white fast, beginning to grizzle up.”

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck