beard

Example Sentences

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The condition causes him to obsessively pluck his beard or eyebrows when anxious or bored.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

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

On this recent afternoon, at least, he looks healthy and alert under a black ski cap, his eyes bright and his beard neatly trimmed.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

He is tatted, burly, and often dressed in black, with just enough gray in his beard to scan as learned.

From Slate • Feb. 15, 2026

Another was to sprinkle a special chemical into his shoes that, once absorbed into the bloodstream, would cause his famous beard to fall out.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin