stubbled

Example Sentences

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They’re vicious caricatures of Richard Nixon, with his face reduced to bulging, stubbled cheeks and a tubular nose.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 18, 2025

He takes off across the stubbled side yard with a little hop in his step that tells me that he is relieved to be headed home at last.

From Slate • Apr. 29, 2023

His beard is stubbled, his Muleshoe, Texas, accent is syrupy, and his emotions seem real.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2021

She didn’t care, she didn’t care much, about his stubbled homeliness.

From New York Times • Nov. 2, 2018

His hairy knuckles rubbed against his stubbled chin.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas