stubbly

Example Sentences

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He had a buzz cut and brown eyes, a stubbly beard and a wrestler’s build.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2025

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

From Slate • Sep. 24, 2022

Sporting the stubbly beard he debuted to the public last weekend at the LIV event outside London, Mickelson spoke of the lifetime membership he’s earned over 30 years on the PGA Tour.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 13, 2022

But Ormyrus labotus, it seemed, had no problem penetrating an assortment of galls: lime-green and polka-dot round galls, spiky yellow galls on the blade of a leaf and stubbly galls on a twig.

From New York Times • Feb. 17, 2022

He rubs a hand over his stubbly jaw.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish