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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Stephen King,
The Atlantic,
15 May 2026
Scholes and Butt grizzle about the old times like a Mancunian version of The Muppets’ Statler and Waldorf, heckling the cast from their box seats.
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Daniel Taylor,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2026
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
10 June 2026
Its songs felt engineered for a highly distinct mood, and his voice, a husky brooding tone that was grizzled by Auto-Tune, functioned more as another instrument in the mix than typical vocals.
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Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
21 Jan. 2026
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Noun
Dinah was making a sound somewhere between a sob and a grizzle.
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Stephen King,
The Atlantic,
15 May 2026
Scholes and Butt grizzle about the old times like a Mancunian version of The Muppets’ Statler and Waldorf, heckling the cast from their box seats.
—
Daniel Taylor,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2026
Verb
An early confrontation between Scanlon and Daniel encapsulates these extremes: Firth has seldom looked more malevolently grizzled, whereas O’Connor, even under the direst circumstances, retains his elfin mischief.
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Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
10 June 2026
Its songs felt engineered for a highly distinct mood, and his voice, a husky brooding tone that was grizzled by Auto-Tune, functioned more as another instrument in the mix than typical vocals.
—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Grizzle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grizzle. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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