How to Use goatee in a Sentence
goatee
noun-
The tall, thin, balding man with a goatee then left the store.
— John Benson, cleveland.com, 5 Apr. 2018 -
The suspect is a male in his late 30s, about 5-foot-8, with a thin build and a goatee.
— Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 3 Mar. 2020 -
The man had a goatee and was wearing a white tank top and blue jeans.
— Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2023 -
Daniel Kaluuya came through with the smooth line-up and goatee.
— Allure Staff, Allure, 30 Jan. 2018 -
Evans, slender and with a slight goatee, pushed on a panel in the wall.
— Geoff Manaugh, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2019 -
Surveillance video from the liquor store showed Leslie in the store with a man with a goatee.
— Lisa Gutierrez, kansascity, 20 Feb. 2018 -
Its avatar in the game, a blonde guy with a goatee, was shown stuck at a bus stop in downtown L.A.
— Katie Rothstein, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2021 -
The man had a black mustache and a goatee with hair in braided rows.
— Sydney Carruth, The Arizona Republic, 8 Apr. 2023 -
Dilema, 44, a tall cook with a goatee and blue and white checked shirt, was broke.
— Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2021 -
Did his goatee bring that checkbook back from the ’90s?
— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2021 -
Police said the suspect is in his 30s and had a goatee.
— Jason Green, The Mercury News, 5 June 2019 -
The twinkling eyes, the aquiline nose, the trademark goatee limned in bits of bread and butter.
— Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2022 -
He was described as Black, 20 to 25 years old, with a goatee.
— David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Jan. 2022 -
The robber was described as a black male in his 20s-30s with short hair and a goatee.
— Toriano Porter, kansascity.com, 20 June 2017 -
Abreu, 31, was clean-shaven Friday, save for the thick goatee on his chin.
— Fabian Ardaya, chicagotribune.com, 23 Mar. 2018 -
Douthat is tall and burly, with a short but unkempt goatee.
— Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023 -
The suspect is described as a stocky white man, in his 30s to 40s, with short dark hair and a goatee.
— Kieran Nicholson, The Denver Post, 28 Apr. 2020 -
With money like that on the line, who wouldn’t show up for the first day of eighth grade with a deep voice and a full goatee?
— Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 19 July 2022 -
Now 81, Righetti is tall, with blue eyes and a neat, white goatee.
— Jo Marchant, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Nov. 2022 -
Nason is pale and of medium build, with a crew cut, a goatee, and blue eyes.
— Peter Andrey Smith, Outside Online, 19 Feb. 2019 -
His goatee was thinner, and the skin on his arms hung loosely.
— Oliver Whang Andres Serrano, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2023 -
Hip daggers, bare midriffs, and Spock's goatee are just a few of the signs that things in this universe are askew.
— Andrew Walsh, EW.com, 4 Aug. 2022 -
The coin depicts English king Charles I with a goatee and lace collar, per the Post.
— Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 May 2021 -
His long nose droops towards a thin goatee on his chin.
— The Economist, 16 Aug. 2019 -
His long, dirty-blond hair and goatee aren’t well groomed, either.
— Ling Ma, The New Yorker, 4 July 2022 -
The detective looked the part of a TV show cop: shiny head, goatee, linebacker build.
— Leah Sottile, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2022 -
The man had short black hair, a black goatee, and wore eyeglasses and a white sweatshirt.
— Megan Cassidy, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Apr. 2023 -
His scruffy goatee and mustache filled the screen; the apartment ceiling framed his face.
— Bryce Covert, The New Republic, 5 July 2022 -
Chinstrap and designer beards — those that include names, patterns or logos — are still a no-no, as are goatees.
— Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2024 -
Elsewhere, a fine handle-bar mustache topped a sculptural goatee.
— Jennifer Weil, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
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