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The defense also had a witness who described the shooter with the shotgun as bearded, stocky, and dark-skinned.—Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Apr. 2026 The image posted by the president Sunday night showed Trump wearing a biblical-style robe and laying hands on a bedridden man as light emanates from his fingers — while a soldier, a nurse, a praying woman and a bearded man in a baseball cap all look on admiringly.—Will Weissert, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2026 The fossils belong to Captorhinus, a small early reptile roughly the size of a bearded dragon that lived approximately 289–286 million years ago.—Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2026 The strongest lingering image of Vernon in the broader culture is still the bearded woodsman who retreated to the wilderness with a broken heart and returned with a gnomic, insular album that would against all odds come to define its era, or at least one tendency within it.—Mitch Therieau, Pitchfork, 8 Apr. 2026 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