grizzle
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There’s spots of gray grizzle visible on his chin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2023
Aside from his charismatic grizzle, the role was educational.
From New York Times ● Aug. 22, 2017
With “Hands of Stone,” Robert De Niro officially enters his Burgess Meredith-in-“Rocky” phase, bringing the ringside grizzle and rumpled gravitas by the pound.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2016
Like a middle-aged heartthrob, Koko has a graceful grey grizzle around the mouth now, and Woss says his leading man will not take on any more films.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 9, 2012
“Yes, got a nice beard. It’s turning white fast, beginning to grizzle up.”
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
When Watt is not working with pop stars like Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber, he’s often producing grizzled rock heroes, including Iggy Pop and Paul McCartney—who recommended Watt to the Rolling Stones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
In one scene, a Minion plays a detective character named “Humphrey,” a nod to Humphrey Bogart, grizzled hero of “The Big Sleep” and “The Maltese Falcon.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
Matt Roush says, “I hope voters give grizzled veteran Sam Elliott his due for a memorable ‘Landman’ arc.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
"As a crime viewer, I've had enough of troubled, grizzled detectives in the wilderness battling their demons," he said.
From BBC ● May 19, 2026
Brown Ben, white-haired, grizzled, tough as old leather.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
No matter that the Aberdonian shot a final-day 67 when the rest of the field were moaning and grizzling like bairns about the long grass.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 1, 2012
Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA Call it grumbling, griping, grizzling, grouching – take your pick.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 20, 2012
Urbane, well-built, his face framed with grizzling hair, he is famed for two characteristics-his impeccable courtesy, his freedom from mannerism.
From Time Magazine Archive
“I was bouncing her up and down and she was still grizzling, so I walked outside with her.”
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
‘You is a human bean and you is saying it is grizzling and horrigust for giants to be eating human beans. Right or left?’
From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl
