stubbly

Example Sentences

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He watched the man’s stubbly, oversized face peer at his phone.

From Slate • Sep. 24, 2022

“Shorn” juxtaposes a stubbly pate of them with long, tangled tresses of wire.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 27, 2021

A Sheriff’s Department photo taken with a crew member showed Null dirty and with a stubbly beard but smiling broadly.

From Seattle Times • May 20, 2021

Harvested wheat fields stood short and stubbly under the shadowless sun.

From The Guardian • Jul. 25, 2017

My dad was sitting there, looking stubbly and worn-down, eating a bagel without much of an expression on his face.

From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick