: sprinkled or streaked with gray : graying
a grizzled beard
also
: having gray hair
a grizzled veteran
Examples of grizzled in a Sentence
He had thinning hair and a grizzled beard.
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Rachel Howard, Travel + Leisure, 14 Apr. 2025
Bernthal's grizzled spy only shows up in two scenes with Charlie, but the director reveals that was always the plan and that no additional scenes were filmed and cut.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 9 Apr. 2025
While characters inside this North Carolina barbecue move from grizzled to gaudy, Cunningham ensures the soul of Juicy is grounded.
—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2025
Though in a newly solo venture, Nelson’s new music still brims with the insightful songwriting and grizzled voice he’s known for.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 24 Mar. 2025
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“Grizzled.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grizzled. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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grizzled
adjective
griz·zled
ˈgriz-əld 
: sprinkled, streaked, or mixed with gray
a grizzled beard
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