mustache

Example Sentences

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He had a Clark Gable pencil mustache, raced sailboats, cavorted with the late communist leader Fidel Castro in Cuba, and at one point married Academy Award-winning actress and activist Jane Fonda.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

In the image he has dark skin, receding curly hair, a thick handlebar mustache, deep-set eyes and a dark suit emblazoned with a crest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

On the US State Department's reward card, he appears with a sharp face, neatly combed hair and a thin mustache.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

I half expected a Snidely Whiplash twirl of the mustache or a Bertram Oleander sidewise glance and sneer.

From Salon • Jan. 16, 2026

He smiled through his reddish brown mustache and though I had too much dirt and blood in my eyes to see sharply, I thought for a slight moment he winked at me.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri