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The live show’s audience, filled with women in floral maxidresses and bearded men who probably host their own podcasts, was more than ready for love and laughter.—
Hillary Busis,
Vanity Fair,
12 Aug. 2026 On June 16, 1989, a bearded 26-year-old stood before a quarter million Hungarians in Budapest and demanded that Soviet troops leave his country.—
Julia R. Cartwright,
Washington Post,
11 Aug. 2026 To make multiplication fun, for instance, Benjamin Shaw enlisted his classroom’s bearded dragon, Mushu.—
Medara Udoekong,
Christian Science Monitor,
8 Aug. 2026 The Scarpetta star and proud owner of a bearded dragon appears alongside Davidson on the set of the faux crime show.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bearded
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of bearded was
before the 12th century