1
archaic
: gray hair
2
a
: a roan coat pattern or color
b
: a gray or roan animal
Examples of grizzle in a Sentence
Verb
He is always grizzling about the weather.
He always grizzles that the weather is bad.
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Matt Thompson, SPIN, 3 Feb. 2025
Which means, this isn’t over, and there is likely more grizzle for the courts now Hagins has filed his suit.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2024
Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025
This time, the ex-champ being wooed for his expertise is grizzled, grumpy Elliott, with Ving Rhames replacing the earlier film’s Hardy Daniel Kreuger.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 26 Feb. 2025
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Noun
He’s apparently had this man’s for weeks, rolling it up, down, and all around these parts as the amputee watches and grizzles in frustration.
—Matt Thompson, SPIN, 3 Feb. 2025
Which means, this isn’t over, and there is likely more grizzle for the courts now Hagins has filed his suit.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2024
Verb
On one side was the crafty, grizzled, 37-year-old veteran pitching what may be his last season on his way to the Hall of Fame.
—Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025
This time, the ex-champ being wooed for his expertise is grizzled, grumpy Elliott, with Ving Rhames replacing the earlier film’s Hardy Daniel Kreuger.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 26 Feb. 2025
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“Grizzle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grizzle. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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