clean-shaven

adjective

clean-shav·en ˈklēn-ˈshā-vən

: having the hair shaved off

His colorful language is as much a part of his image as his clean-shaven head and bulging biceps.—

Roman Modrowski

especially : having a shaved face : having no beard or mustache

Her ideal mate is at least 6-foot-3, athletic and either clean-shaven or sporting a nice goatee. —

Ebony

Examples of clean-shaven in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Now, an untold number of cops — the NYPD could not provide statistics — have said their religious rights would be violated were they forced to go clean-shaven. —

Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 14 July 2024 One is a photo of Combs, clean-shaven and pudgy, playing his first ever live gig at a café in Boone, North Carolina, in 2012. —

Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 12 July 2024 Lupita Nyong'o stars as Sam, while Joseph Quinn—who stole our hearts as Eddie Munson in Stranger Things S4—plays Eric, a clean-shaven young businessman. —

Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 9 May 2024 The tall, clean-shaven Lincoln was then some 23 years and three months away from delivering his Inaugural Address on the steps of the Capitol in March of 1861, a surprising choice as our 16th President. —

John Nogowski, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for clean-shaven

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