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In one case, an order from Jamba Juice was assigned to a bearded man named Aram, but the person who arrived appeared significantly younger and clean-shaven.—Amy Corral, CBS News, 12 May 2026 The circus promoter who gave us bearded infants, giantesses from Maine, and Jumbo the elephant had earlier established the American Museum, in lower Manhattan.—Sebastian Smee, New Yorker, 4 May 2026 Video of Schneemann’s home run shows the ball flying over the left-center field wall, where a bearded man wearing a throwback Cleveland Indians hat and T-shirt tried to catch it in the air.—Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026 There’s a lot of Irish whiskey, some magic mushroom powder, a bearded van dweller ( David Wilmot ) who may or may not have killed his wife years ago, and even Chekhov’s crossbow.—ABC News, 29 Apr. 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