stubble

Example Sentences

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Years of efforts to tackle the problem, including work-from-home policies and rules on crop stubble burning, have done little to alleviate the issue.

From Barron's • Dec. 28, 2025

Silver pearls glisten on the men’s foreheads and their eyes are sunken deep in their pale faces, framed in a stubble of beard.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

A burly bearded man in a blue tunic moved swiftly through grassy stubble on a windswept road in rural Damascus, collecting bones with his bare hands.

From BBC • Oct. 15, 2025

His stubble had grown into a wispy beard.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2025

An older man sits by the fire, his jaw covered with stubble, scabs, or both.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen