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
• Dark glasses shielded his eyes, while salt-and-pepper tufts flecked his goatee.
  — Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 6 May 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
• 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