How to Use salt-and-pepper in a Sentence

salt-and-pepper

adjective

• His hair and beard remained salt-and-pepper.
  — Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
• At first, there might be a set of salt-and-pepper shakers.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 17 Jan. 2026
• He’s described as white with a thin build and a salt-and-pepper beard.
  — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2024
• The actor loved the way her new salt-and-pepper hair looked in the mirror.
  — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 29 Mar. 2023
• In the lobby, a man with salt-and-pepper hair and a blue polo shirt paced.
  — Sheila Yasmin Marikar, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
• Pitt also sports a scruffy look in the ad, showing off a salt-and-pepper beard.
  — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
• Prepared in the salt-and-pepper style, the wings are wok-tossed with garlic bits and sliced jalapeños.
  — Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Feb. 2025
• Baker, now salt-and-pepper-haired, disagrees.
  — Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
• Dark glasses shielded his eyes, while salt-and-pepper tufts flecked his goatee.
  — Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 6 May 2025
• Rajamouli is forty-nine years old, with a swoop of salt-and-pepper curls and a thick beard in a matching shade.
  — Simon Abrams, The New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2023
• The shade, though, appeared to have streaks of salt-and-pepper highlights within.
  — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
• At thirty-six, Fisher was stout, with short dark hair and a salt-and-pepper soul patch.
  — Zachary Siegel, Harper’s Magazine , 17 Aug. 2022
• His salt-and-pepper hair was styled into a coiffed updo, with the front ends perfectly held in place.
  — Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 31 Aug. 2023
• George, on the other hand, kept things classic with his signature salt-and-pepper hair.
  — Yerin Kim, InStyle, 11 Jan. 2026
• Sara, who had been standing behind him, playing with his salt-and-pepper hair, ran into the kitchen to cry.
  — Caitlin Dickerson, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2026
• Sports bras and leggings feature the salt-and-pepper look of ’90s denim.
  — Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 3 July 2024
• His eyes appear to be edited to look extra glossy and white, and fans also get a close-up of his salt-and-pepper beard.
  — Staff Author, InStyle, 23 June 2026
• Colored yarns create a salt-and-pepper effect that gives this piece textural depth.
  — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 5 Aug. 2026
• Combs, 55, appeared in light-colored prison garb and was sporting a fuller salt-and-pepper beard.
  — Elizabeth Rosner, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
• Hall, who has short salt-and-pepper hair and often wears a lab coat, originally trained as a physicist.
  — Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
• The get-up featured a salt-and-pepper wig as well, although Cardi opted to ditch the idea.
  — Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 6 May 2025
• Playing the medium is Michelle Yeoh, who sports a fetching salt-and-pepper bob.
  — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2023
• Begin with a round of salt-and-pepper squid, lightly fried with jalapeño, cherry tomatoes and crispy garlic.
  — Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
• Johnson, who is short, with a salt-and-pepper beard, has a nerdy, understated demeanor.
  — Anna Russell, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
• The dolls feature diverse traits, including salt-and-pepper hair and Ken’s curly locks.
  — Ty Gaskins, WWD, 24 Sep. 2024
• Marinoff, who had a salt-and-pepper beard and mobile, bushy eyebrows, held a pen and jotted notes as Lalák spoke.
  — Nick Romeo, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2023
• Affleck's facial hair was noticeably darker than his usual salt-and-pepper beard.
  — Catherine Santino, People.com, 3 Apr. 2025
• Rubinstein Deyerin has shoulder-length salt-and-pepper hair.
  — Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
• Even then, however, the salt in his signature salt-and-pepper hair was plenty prominent.
  — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
• The dark dreadlocks are gone, replaced by tidy and appropriately thinning salt-and-pepper hair.
  — Matthew Futterman James Hill, New York Times, 5 June 2023