: sprinkled or streaked with gray : graying
a grizzled beard
also
: having gray hair
a grizzled veteran
Examples of grizzled in a Sentence
He had thinning hair and a grizzled beard.
Recent Examples on the Web
There’s a grizzled bar patron drinking out of a bucket of beers.
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Lynette Rice, Deadline, 26 June 2024
The play revolves around a battered green truck carrying a grizzled old farmer named Will (the estimable James Carpenter) and a young farmworker named Martin (Emilio Garcia-Sanchez) who realize to their great chagrin that they are both descended from Tom Joad.
—Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 24 June 2024
Since Scott was the grizzled agent heading up the International Fly Team, his absence leaves a significant void for the story to fill.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 20 June 2024
Peter’s grizzled grandfather, Al (Smith), did drop by sporadically, likely as not because the old rodeo champ now is a minster catering to substance abusers.
—Joe Leydon, Variety, 14 June 2024
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Lynette Rice, Deadline, 26 June 2024
The play revolves around a battered green truck carrying a grizzled old farmer named Will (the estimable James Carpenter) and a young farmworker named Martin (Emilio Garcia-Sanchez) who realize to their great chagrin that they are both descended from Tom Joad.
—Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 24 June 2024
Since Scott was the grizzled agent heading up the International Fly Team, his absence leaves a significant void for the story to fill.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 20 June 2024
Peter’s grizzled grandfather, Al (Smith), did drop by sporadically, likely as not because the old rodeo champ now is a minster catering to substance abusers.
—Joe Leydon, Variety, 14 June 2024
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grizzled
adjective
griz·zled
ˈgriz-əld 
: sprinkled, streaked, or mixed with gray
a grizzled beard
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