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Meanings of stubbly in английском

Having a short growth of beard.

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Examples for "stubbled"
1
She reached over and ran a hand affectionately across his stubbled scalp.
Schild’s Ladder
2
Storo scratched his sallow stubbled cheeks, shaded his eyes from the sun.
Return of the Crimson Guard
3
The first guy was a stubbled wreck of tics and eye blinks.
Shutter Island
4
His cheeks are stubbled and there are dark circles under his eyes.
The Guardian
5
But it-he-smelledoffilth, and his stubbled face was eroded with sores.
Knight of the Demon Queen
1
Unlike some bestubbled ingrate we could mention, our Stevie-la' would never up and do one.
The Guardian
2
A bestubbled hunk called Jamie wakes up in a girl's bed in a SoHo flat.
The Irish Times
Usage of stubbly in английском
1
The stubbly chins were all smooth, and that makes a great difference.
The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition...
2
A red ear came into sight, pink flesh under a stubbly haircut.
Shadowland
3
Sea breezes that made men stronger, made shorter and more stubbly plants.
An Iceland Fisherman
4
The stubbly hairs were fair and the unpainted toenails a little grubby.
Career of Evil
5
Gipi is a master of portraiture, of stubbly hair and beakish noses.
The Guardian
6
His whole head was red and blotchy, even through his stubbly hair.
The eyes of a king
7
The priest was deep in thought, rubbing his stubbly chin with two fingers.
The Isle of Unrest
8
Harvested wheat fields stood short and stubbly under the shadowless sun.
The Guardian
9
He was disheveled and stubbly and I thought he was beautiful.
Living dead in dallas
10
Miyake scratched his stubbly cheeks with the flat of his hand.
After the quake: stories
11
She kind of liked him all stubbly and shaggy and rumpled.
Here comes trouble
12
He hadn't shaved in two days, but he liked the stubbly facial hair.
Earth Unaware
13
The fireman's obstinate mouth and stubbly hair only expressed a more pronounced scepticism.
Sir George Tressady — Volume I
14
I take in his red-rimmed eyes, stubbly chin, and general agitation.
The Jennifer Morgue
15
The smile fell from his stubbly grey cheeks and he rolled his eyes.
James Potter and the Morrigan Web
16
It was an unsettling expression on that pale, sweaty, stubbly face.
11/22/63
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