1
archaic
: gray hair
2
a
: a roan coat pattern or color
b
: a gray or roan animal
Synonyms
Verb
Examples of grizzle in a Sentence
Verb
He is always grizzling about the weather.
He always grizzles that the weather is bad.
Recent Examples on the Web
Dominic Patten, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2024
Inter may lack glamour and flash, but few teams in Europe have quite so much grit and grizzle.
—Andrew Das, New York Times, 16 May 2023
Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 27 June 2024
Khan appears in his latest incarnation — grizzled with a goatee, an elder statesman returned to the screen.
—Mallika Rao, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2024
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Noun
Which means, this isn’t over, and there is likely more grizzle for the courts now Hagins has filed his suit.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2024
Inter may lack glamour and flash, but few teams in Europe have quite so much grit and grizzle.
—Andrew Das, New York Times, 16 May 2023
Verb
While a number of draftees who heard their name called on Wednesday were teenagers, Carter is grizzled by prospect standards.
—Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 27 June 2024
Khan appears in his latest incarnation — grizzled with a goatee, an elder statesman returned to the screen.
—Mallika Rao, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2024
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“Grizzle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grizzle. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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