unshaven

Example Sentences

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An unshaven dad glances longingly at his coffee while his toddler spills blueberries across the kitchen floor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

Gurr didn’t recognize the company patriarch — “an older guy, unshaven, kinda ratty looking” — when he put his leg up on one of the tires of the mini-car.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2025

To go unshaven in the midst of personal hardship is so ubiquitous in popular media, and perhaps real life, that TV Tropes has a page dedicated to the “Beard of Sorrow.”

From Salon • Sep. 3, 2024

A photograph released Friday of Mr. Lee in his hospital bed showed him looking unshaven and uncharacteristically weak, but everyone buys it.

From Washington Times • Sep. 22, 2023

In the gloom of darkness Fadi saw a glimmer of his father’s unshaven, sleepy face.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai