: 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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The grizzled heads among them testified to many a hazardous chase or physical set-to with violators of Wisconsin’s fish and game laws.
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Dave Duffey, Outdoor Life, 26 Mar. 2026
Rodriguez will play Max Vargas, a grizzled ex-con whose return from prison threatens to disrupt his son Corey’s life.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 25 Mar. 2026
Then, trace your finger to its peak, which, to me, was his starring role as smoldering special forces operative Scott McCoy in the 1986 action movie The Delta Force, co-starring a frail-looking but grizzled and unsmiling Lee Marvin in his last movie.
—John Devore, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2026
As a result, DiCaprio is never considered for roles in Django Unchained (that part goes to Joseph Gordon-Levitt) or Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood (that role goes to the grizzled star of The Aviator, Jim Carrey).
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2026
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Dave Duffey, Outdoor Life, 26 Mar. 2026
Rodriguez will play Max Vargas, a grizzled ex-con whose return from prison threatens to disrupt his son Corey’s life.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 25 Mar. 2026
Then, trace your finger to its peak, which, to me, was his starring role as smoldering special forces operative Scott McCoy in the 1986 action movie The Delta Force, co-starring a frail-looking but grizzled and unsmiling Lee Marvin in his last movie.
—John Devore, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2026
As a result, DiCaprio is never considered for roles in Django Unchained (that part goes to Joseph Gordon-Levitt) or Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood (that role goes to the grizzled star of The Aviator, Jim Carrey).
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2026
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“Grizzled.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grizzled. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.
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grizzled
adjective
griz·zled
ˈgriz-əld 
: sprinkled, streaked, or mixed with gray
a grizzled beard
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