How to Use grizzle in a Sentence

grizzle

verb

• He always grizzles that the weather is bad.
• He is always grizzling about the weather.
• Maybe the struggling White Sox didn’t have to wait till Jirschele was grizzled.
  — Chris Jones, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2017
• Burned and grizzled Coyle may be, but the man cannot stand a piece of evidence that doesn't fit.
  — Will Nevin, AL.com, 6 June 2017
• The earthiest of the bunch is grizzled Aquilino García López, who hand-packs mud around his stills and weighs their copper tops down with rocks.
  — John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2018
• The stereotype of the grizzled, potbellied coach with tobacco drooling down his chin?
  — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2017
• Family groups of sea otters bob in the swells, the lone males, with their grizzled, silver faces, lay back like old men in their recliners, pining away their days.
  — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 13 June 2018
• And then, after 110 fraught minutes, England switched off for a single second and Mandzukic, that grizzled old warrior, stole in and smashed home the winner.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 12 July 2018
• The grizzled, gum-chewing police chief quickly gets frustrated with the arrogant boy from up north.
  — Walter Mosley, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Mar. 2018
• Wizened and grizzled, tough and smart, not just ready for battle but positively looking forward to it.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2018
• Kushner and Bannon had been odd-couple allies, one fresh-faced, one grizzled, one politic, the other outrageous, in the last months of the campaign and during the transition.
  — Tina Nguyen, vanityfair.com, 6 Apr. 2017
• Tall, grizzled, and unshaven, the French-Canadian archaeologist looked every bit the old Yukon hand.
  — Heather Pringle, Smithsonian, 8 Mar. 2017
• As the wily leader of the Japanese forces, grizzled Kurata Yasuaki has more presence than Zhao, who's bland in non-action sequences.
  — Mark Jenkins, star-telegram.com, 31 May 2017
• Brian Cavalier, known as Booda, Cliven Bundy’s giant, grizzled, ogre-looking bodyguard, got up.
  — James Pogue, Outside Online, 14 May 2018
• He always grizzles that the weather is bad.
• He is always grizzling about the weather.
• Maybe the struggling White Sox didn’t have to wait till Jirschele was grizzled.
  — Chris Jones, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2017
• Burned and grizzled Coyle may be, but the man cannot stand a piece of evidence that doesn't fit.
  — Will Nevin, AL.com, 6 June 2017
• The earthiest of the bunch is grizzled Aquilino García López, who hand-packs mud around his stills and weighs their copper tops down with rocks.
  — John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2018
• The stereotype of the grizzled, potbellied coach with tobacco drooling down his chin?
  — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2017
• Family groups of sea otters bob in the swells, the lone males, with their grizzled, silver faces, lay back like old men in their recliners, pining away their days.
  — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 13 June 2018
• And then, after 110 fraught minutes, England switched off for a single second and Mandzukic, that grizzled old warrior, stole in and smashed home the winner.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 12 July 2018
• The grizzled, gum-chewing police chief quickly gets frustrated with the arrogant boy from up north.
  — Walter Mosley, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Mar. 2018
• Wizened and grizzled, tough and smart, not just ready for battle but positively looking forward to it.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2018
• Kushner and Bannon had been odd-couple allies, one fresh-faced, one grizzled, one politic, the other outrageous, in the last months of the campaign and during the transition.
  — Tina Nguyen, vanityfair.com, 6 Apr. 2017
• Tall, grizzled, and unshaven, the French-Canadian archaeologist looked every bit the old Yukon hand.
  — Heather Pringle, Smithsonian, 8 Mar. 2017
• As the wily leader of the Japanese forces, grizzled Kurata Yasuaki has more presence than Zhao, who's bland in non-action sequences.
  — Mark Jenkins, star-telegram.com, 31 May 2017
• Brian Cavalier, known as Booda, Cliven Bundy’s giant, grizzled, ogre-looking bodyguard, got up.
  — James Pogue, Outside Online, 14 May 2018

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