: 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.
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Maybe to tech reporters, a jaded lot of grizzled veterans of the game who see nothing but incremental change.
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Steven Aquino, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
The Reno, Nevada, setting seemed appropriate for the grizzled gambler.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2024
The actor sinks into the grizzled husk of a man, lending him a hollowness that suggests Terry has seen too much to ever find peace outside a life of pursuing justice.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 10 Sep. 2024
Jones was a grizzled murder cop, an instinctive investigator who spoke fast and tended to wear his tie askew.
—Heidi Blake, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
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Steven Aquino, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
The Reno, Nevada, setting seemed appropriate for the grizzled gambler.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2024
The actor sinks into the grizzled husk of a man, lending him a hollowness that suggests Terry has seen too much to ever find peace outside a life of pursuing justice.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 10 Sep. 2024
Jones was a grizzled murder cop, an instinctive investigator who spoke fast and tended to wear his tie askew.
—Heidi Blake, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
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“Grizzled.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grizzled. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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grizzled
adjective
griz·zled
ˈgriz-əld 
: sprinkled, streaked, or mixed with gray
a grizzled beard
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