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Recent Examples of hirsute Physically, Goldberg is balder and leaner; Rogen is hirsute and softer. Austin Considine, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025 In fact, plenty of other teams from the Oakland A’s of the ‘70s, who were actually paid $300 by owner Charley Finley to sport facial hair, to the scruffy and hirsute Red Sox of 2004, won it all with facial hair. Marc Edelman, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025 Headed by the opinionated Phil Robertson, founder of the Duck Commander enterprise, the clan includes his wife Kay; his long-bearded brother Si; his equally hirsute sons Willie, Jase, and Jep; and their assorted wives and children. Danny Horn, EW.com, 21 Dec. 2024 As a 10-year-old trapped in the body of a hirsute 40-year-old, Robin Williams is playing a character who isn’t aspiring to be older, like Hanks in the earlier film, but a lonely, awkward, lumbering kid who’s seized by alternating bouts of hyperactivity and deep insecurity. Scott Tobias, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for hirsute
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hirsute
Adjective
  • By July, deer antlers can be spotted in full velvet, which is when the antlers are covered in a soft, hairy skin due to the rapid growth phase of the bones.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 12 July 2025
  • Visitors may notice that Ziggy is missing the hairy end segment of her tail known as the tail tuft.
    Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 8 July 2025
Adjective
  • The Saja Boys are memorable creations of their own, an over-the-top collection of shaggy haircuts, dewy faces, and bright streetwear that instantly invokes the heartthrobs of BTS or Stray Kids.
    Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 11 July 2025
  • The researchers found that climate shifts that underwrote the spread of grasslands allowed big sloths to arise, the shaggy mammals then altering those habitats to maintain open spaces best suited to big bodies capable of moving long distances.
    Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 July 2025
Adjective
  • Imagined herself back in her closet, throwing the silky dress over her head, her arms slipping into the sleeves, the skirt falling over her like water.
    Mona Awad, New Yorker, 20 July 2025
  • Think of dry body oil mists as the 2.0 version of regular body oils—maintaining the same nourishing benefits, while drying down at lightening speed to a weightless finish that leaves skin feeling silky smooth.
    Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 17 July 2025

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“Hirsute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hirsute. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.

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