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At a traffic light, a bearded man stands on the corner with his pants around his knees, screaming at the sky.—Hazlitt, 10 Dec. 2025 Ford, who is thirty-six, barrel-chested, and bearded, with a propensity for four-letter words, said, laughing.—Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2025 This year, why not swap the usual child-crying-on-a-bearded-man’s-lap at a suburban mall for an editorial-esque portrait at a luxury hotel in New York with a handsome Santa?—Air Mail, 6 Dec. 2025 Yasmina willingly changes her career plans, and her eagerness to leave Lebanon, a country in constant crisis, for the chance of spending more time with her childhood boyfriend turned bearded agent of chaos.—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 4 Dec. 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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