Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for whiskered
Adjective
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In their scenes together, Ahmed plays straight man so Khan can go huge, all breezy confidence and street smarts combined as a defense against the countless stereotypes the bearded, accented, proudly Muslim Zulfi must face every day.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
29 May 2026 -
By the next afternoon, KWTV News 9 had posted a picture on Facebook of the bearded man from their security footage, asking anyone who recognized him to report him.—
Wyatt Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
26 May 2026
Adjective
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Jonas Lovv, a heavily tattooed mustachioed man with a penchant for leather dungarees, has certainly got the rock-star charisma.—
Jon O'Brien,
Vulture,
11 May 2026
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Down the corridor, a louche painting of the famous 1972 Burt Reynolds Cosmopolitan centerfold—mustachioed, nude, and reclining—hangs on the wall.—
Zoey Goto,
Architectural Digest,
6 May 2026
Adjective
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Only one of the singers revealed listening to Swift on their own time — Chris Tungseth, a lovably hirsute country boy in the Bo Bice/Sundance Head mode.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
28 Apr. 2026
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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
Adjective
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Last Wednesday, the hotel was swarmed with guys sporting shaggy haircuts, all looking like Geese frontman Cameron Winter.—
Nate Freeman,
Vanity Fair,
9 June 2026
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On June 5, Hadid debuted a set of shaggy Birkin bangs on Instagram, as well as a surprising new golden-brown hair color.—
Chanel Vargas,
InStyle,
6 June 2026
Adjective
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As well as opting out of ownership, consumers are also shopping differently for their furred or feathered friends.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
20 May 2026
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The 3-year-old, black-furred wolf has become the first of her kind known to venture into Sequoia National Park in more than a century — after making similarly momentous visits to Los Angeles and Inyo counties.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2026
Adjective
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The green leaves are splotched with white and bumpy on the upper side, and the stems are hairy, which deters deer.—
Lauren David,
Southern Living,
4 June 2026
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And those proudly showing off their hairy chests, and pimply backs, scars from surgeries and stretch marks from a life well lived.—
Candace Buckner,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
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“Whiskered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whiskered. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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