Tom is a grizzled old man.
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Grizzled
Synonyms for "grizzled" (90 found)
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7 translations across 4 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- посивял adj (greyed)
- прошарен adj (greyed)
Māori
1 entries- tārekoreko adj (greyed)
Spanish
2 entries- entrecano adj (greyed)
- rucio adj (greyed)
Ukrainian
2 entries- посивілий adj (greyed)
- сивий adj (greyed)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
He watched over her slumber for some time, but Nature proved to be too strong for him. For three days and three nights he had allowed himself neither rest nor repose. Slowly the eyelids drooped over the tired eyes, and the head sunk lower and lower upon the breast, until the man's grizzled beard was mixed with the gold tresses of his companion, and both slept the same deep and dreamless slumber.
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Miss Cushing was sitting in the front room, into which we were ushered. She was a placid-faced woman, with large, gentle eyes, and grizzled hair curving down over her temples on each side.
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He was a thick-set, burly man with a shock of grizzled hair, a brown, weather-beaten face, and blue eyes which were keen to the verge of fierceness.
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