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Both were bearded; one blond and narrow-bodied (Mac), and the other dark haired and barrel shaped (Benjy).—Literary Hub, 18 June 2025 Interspersing The Phoenician Scheme are black-and-white scenes of Zsa-zsa’s dreams about his mortality, even meeting a white-haired and bearded God (Bill Murray).—Armond White, National Review, 30 May 2025 Or the 1854 photograph of a bearded and unkempt Whitman likely captured by Gabriel Harrison.—Trevin Corsiglia, The Conversation, 29 May 2025 At Sandals Barbados, landscaping preserves the local bearded fig trees, referencing the island’s history and its name, which originates from the trees’ beard-like appearance.—Sandals Resorts, AFAR Media, 4 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for bearded
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of bearded was
before the 12th century
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