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Definition of grizzled
: sprinkled or streaked with gray : graying a grizzled beard; also : having gray hair a grizzled veteran
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Examples of grizzled in a Sentence
He had thinning hair and a grizzled beard.
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Hugh Jackman tears into this tough material with grizzled intensity, reminding us that not all superheroes have to be slick and quippy.
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Juventus’s defense, its pride and joy, a grizzled, hard-boiled unit that had seemed able to stifle any opponent, was torn apart, time and again, almost at will.
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Grizzled Beltway veterans may dismiss the lobbyist seepage as the inevitable result of the collision of campaign rhetoric with the practicalities of governing.
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As the wily leader of the Japanese forces, grizzled Kurata Yasuaki has more presence than Zhao, who's bland in non-action sequences.
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A grizzled porter named Muhammad Gul parks his wheelbarrow on the sidewalk.
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In a camp full of grizzled veterans and wounded warriors, Reyes doesn’t fit Hollywood tropes of a longtime guerrilla.
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PEDRO PORTAL pportal@miamiherald.com In a camp full of grizzled veterans and wounded warriors, Reyes doesn’t fit Hollywood tropes of a longtime guerrilla.
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Then there's the grizzled journeyman quarterbacks such the New York Jets' Josh McCown (38-years-old), Atlanta's Matt Schaub (36) and the Los Angeles Chargers' Kellen Clemens (33).
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First Known Use of grizzled
15th century
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1 : streaked or mixed with gray grizzled hair
2 : having gray hair
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