How to Use salt-and-pepper in a Sentence

salt-and-pepper

adjective

• The actor loved the way her new salt-and-pepper hair looked in the mirror.
  — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 29 Mar. 2023
• He’s described as white with a thin build and a salt-and-pepper beard.
  — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2024
• At first, there might be a set of salt-and-pepper shakers.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 25 Jan. 2025
• 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
• Moore showed off a fresh haircut and his scruffy salt-and-pepper beard in the selfie.
  — Rachel Raposas, People.com, 3 Dec. 2024
• 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
• Him: leather jacket, white pants, salt-and-pepper beard.
  — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
• At thirty-six, Fisher was stout, with short dark hair and a salt-and-pepper soul patch.
  — Zachary Siegel, Harper's Magazine, 11 Aug. 2022
• Sports bras and leggings feature the salt-and-pepper look of ’90s denim.
  — Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 3 July 2024
• His usual salt-and-pepper beard was dyed a dark brown color.
  — Catherine Santino, People.com, 4 Oct. 2024
• Playing the medium is Michelle Yeoh, who sports a fetching salt-and-pepper bob.
  — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2023
• 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
• His current look is reminiscent of the lengthy salt-and-pepper goatee fans came to know and love in 2010.
  — Michelle Lee, People.com, 24 Jan. 2025
• Hamoa Beach This half-circle of salt-and-pepper sand (a mix of lava rock and white coral) on the east coast is shaded by hala trees.
  — Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 26 Mar. 2023
• 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
• The dolls feature diverse traits, including salt-and-pepper hair and Ken’s curly locks.
  — Ty Gaskins, WWD, 24 Sep. 2024
• 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
• Ho plans to add bar snacks like a jalapeño popper with crab Rangoon and salt-and-pepper tater tots, a spin on Chinese salt-and-pepper chicken wings.
  — Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Apr. 2023
• Use them to add a gentle warming quality to Chinese salt-and-pepper shrimp, soups, mashed potatoes, béchamel sauce, and more.
  — Antara Sinha, Bon Appétit, 7 Jan. 2024
• He was described as a an older Black man around 154 pounds, who has unshaven stubble on his face, a salt-and-pepper mustache and a goatee.
  — Staff Report, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2023
• Silverstein, with a salt-and-pepper beard and wearing a hoodie, stood apart from the action, with both hands shoved inside his pockets.
  — André Wheeler, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
• These days, de Blasio most often makes the news for his love life or for such momentous moves as dyeing his salt-and-pepper crewcut.
  — Eric Lach, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
• Drakes are unmistakable, and sport their namesake brownish-red head, glossy black chest and tail, and a salt-and-pepper midsection.
  — M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 30 Nov. 2023
• Even David Strathairn, another legendary salt-and-pepper presence on the big screen, went full brown for his role in the film adaptation upon which the Broadway show is based.
  — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
• Beneath a thick salt-and-pepper bark, the first bite of prime brisket explodes with flavor, and flawless ribs have a fine smoky flavor beneath a subtle peppery glaze.
  — Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2023
• The acclaimed actor, 61, is seen with a salt-and-pepper beard on Saturday, January 25 in photos .
  — Joseph Galizia, Newsweek, 25 Jan. 2025
• For his new part, Clooney pulled off a dramatic transformation and turned back time by coloring his salt-and-pepper hair dark.
  — Michael Nied, People.com, 11 Apr. 2025
• Tour, a fit man in his mid-sixties, is courteous but playful, with salt-and-pepper hair that gives him the air of a more professorial version of Mr. Rogers.
  — Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 13 June 2024
• His salt-and-pepper take is inspired by Chinese calamari, and the lemon myrtle salt is a traditional Australian spice.
  — Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 16 Jan. 2024
• Folks who crave the menu at the previous Quinn’s need not worry, as the kitchen is making clam chowder from scratch and frying fish and chips, popcorn shrimp, chicken wings and salt-and-pepper calamari.
  — John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024