- past participle of shave.
shaven
Example Sentences
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Who knows where the trend began, but I remain clean shaven.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Washbourne, 40, is described as white, male, about 5ft 6ins, slim, with brown hair and clean shaven.
From BBC ● Jan. 3, 2026
Detainees in brown uniforms - with shaven heads - sit silent and motionless on thin mattresses, on opposite sides of a cell.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2025
The Sheriff’s Department is looking for the suspect, who was described as a Black male, 6 feet, 2 inches tall, 180 pounds and with a shaven head.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2025
Flames had been tattooed across his cheeks and chin and shaven head to make a bright red mask that crackled about his eyes and coiled down and around his lipless mouth.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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