whiskered

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for whiskered
Adjective
  • For those who keep bearded dragons or other reptiles, the takeaway isn’t to panic or give up your pets.
    John Drake, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Participants were presented with a series of experimental questions along with two facial photographs, one of a bearded face and another of a non-bearded one.
    Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 July 2025
Adjective
  • So what hirsute creature had contributed to this apparel?
    Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 July 2025
  • And her new single is a duet with another, even more hirsute outlaw traditionalist, Jamey Johnson.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2025
Adjective
  • This is a film that extends beyond the traditional three acts, told with the same shaggy style that has defined a lot of Lee’s recent features (including the fantastic Da 5 Bloods and the Oscar-winning BlacKkKlansman).
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Look for their distinctive shaggy caps on small stems.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 13 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Hares are also born fully furred and with their eyes open, a trait called precocial, whereas rabbits are born hairless, blind, and vulnerable, needing more parental care in the early stages of life.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025
  • But the felt’s furred obscurity conjured novel mysteries.
    Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
Adjective
  • The snow is often just beginning to melt, and scruffy yellow patches of grass appear like small, hairy scabs.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Can the Cubs feel confident that their relievers will deliver them through a hairy situation when the chips are down?
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Aug. 2025
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“Whiskered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whiskered. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.

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