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He got pulled over for speeding in northwestern Ohio, but the deputy let the white-bearded driver off with a warning and sent him on his merry way.—Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 30 Dec. 2025 Kim and her children have posted photos of their pet lizards over the years, including a bearded dragon named Speed.—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 29 Dec. 2025 The other, a raggedy, bearded civilian from his country’s military reserve, is less enthused, and often strips off his service greens and his Ottoman-style fez to smoke cigarettes and lounge in the sun.—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 29 Dec. 2025 Malgorzata is meeting him for the first time, and her X-chromosome vibrations easily win the day with the old bearded geezer.—David Zane Mairowitz, Rolling Stone, 22 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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