beard

Example Sentences

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Mojtaba Khamenei, a cleric who has a salt-and-pepper beard and the black turban of the "seyyed" -- descendants of the Prophet Mohammed -- is a veteran of the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s.

From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026

The 54-year-old comedian with a beard full of gray stubble drops back to pass, launching a tight spiral underneath SoFi’s massive technicolor halo scoreboard hovering above a sea of empty stands.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

"She said, 'Oh, I thought you were an old guy with a beard.'"

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

His book is a study of the future laureate before he grew his famous beard.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

“We could have touched his beard, if we’d wanted to, except he’s so tall neither of us could reach it!”

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar