Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for whiskered
Adjective
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But as the game wore on, spectators realized that Castro had disguised some young professional players as bearded, older men to play cleanup in the final innings.—
Vivian Salama,
The Atlantic,
11 Jan. 2026 -
Watch Byrne discuss her family's quest for a bearded dragon — and showcase her impressive knowledge of Seinfeld — in the clip above.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The Nintendo brand is king, and those mustachioed siblings are its most beloved ambassadors.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
5 Jan. 2026
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It was greeted by the sound of loud, sarcastic cheering by the old London Road end and by Malcolm Shotton, Oxford’s moustachioed coach, who could have used the Pringles logo as a passport photo, throwing his jacket into the crowd in sarcastic celebration.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
New York Times,
3 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Cowley conceived of the American tradition, dating back to the eighteenth century, as analogous to, say, that of the French: a comprehensible sequence of geographic and aesthetic developments, not the mere littering of hirsute eccentrics that it was typically taken to be.—
Vince Passaro,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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More to Explore By documenting lushly hirsute Japanese officials alongside their beardless counterparts, portraiture preserved a photographic record of colonial subjects’ visibly inferior status.—
H.M.A. Leow,
JSTOR Daily,
13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Van Sant was impressed by Elwes’s preparation and physical transformation, with his shaggy hair and bushy beard.—
Eric Andersson,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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To go with her new gal on the go lifestyle, she's chopped off her iconic perm in favor of a whimsical, shaggy pixie cut.—
Meg Walters,
InStyle,
9 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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In a final clip, Kardashian filmed herself holding two of the dark-haired puppies alongside Chicago, who carried the sable-furred dog.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
5 Jan. 2026
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Her current companions are a pair of dark-furred rescues named Bear and Pharrah.—
Julian Sancton,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Things became so hairy that Ghost City Tours, which hosted events featuring Annabelle, released a statement confirming that Annabelle had nothing to do with the fire.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA Today,
27 Dec. 2025
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In October, for his first collection as the designer of Jean Paul Gaultier, Duran Lantink put models in hairy trompe-l’œil-style catsuits, while Kim Kardashian — who last year first teased us with a Skims faux fur bikini — fully committed with a range of merkins in various shades and hair types.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
23 Dec. 2025
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“Whiskered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whiskered. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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