How to Use clean-shaven in a Sentence

clean-shaven

adjective
  • Noonan, clean-shaven and steady on his feet, gives a smile to the camera.
    — Laurie Gwen Shapiro, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
  • The problem, in Grace’s view, was that his clean-shaven face was too thin.
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 13 July 2023
  • Loftin, who also sported a clean-shaven look, has four hits in his last three games.
    — Kansas City Star, 9 July 2025
  • Rafi was clean-shaven and looked young, sporting a blue tie that clashed with the bright red background.
    — Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Diddy, clean-shaven and gray-haired, hugged and shook hands with his attorneys.
    — Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 5 May 2025
  • Clientele were desert rats, young and old, some long-haired and scruffy, some clean-shaven with cowboy hats.
    — Rosecrans Baldwin, Travel + Leisure, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Shawnna was the first to be confronted with Michael’s new clean-shaven look.
    — Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
  • The clean-shaven look was complemented by clean-shaven facial hair.
    — Robyn Merrett, StyleCaster, 30 Jan. 2025
  • This isn't the first time that Elordi has switched up his normally clean-shaven look.
    — Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 17 Feb. 2025
  • Those pictures reflect a coach with a tight haircut, clean-shaven face and eyes laser focused.
    — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
  • With his pale, almost clean-shaven head, and his Adam’s apple sticking out.
    — Benjamin Markovits, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2025
  • Odd, the observer, a clean-shaven man, thought, but not remarkable.
    — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
  • In place of these things, we are given a clean-shaven crew of fit, diverse and beautiful people.
    — Craig Michel, CNN, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Homers or singles, beard or clean-shaven, Keith is still learning in real time.
    — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 9 July 2025
  • The newly clean-shaven freshman didn’t hesitate and instead just played his game.
    — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Josh donned a brown shirt, shorts, and sunglasses, and sported a mustache and beard — a change from his clean-shaven look.
    — Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Crowe looks nothing like the priest, who was bald-headed, bespectacled and clean-shaven.
    — Deepa Bharath, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2023
  • De Bruyne is fit, clean-shaven, and small in stature, with a fanboy’s enthusiasm for his job.
    — WIRED, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Said was clean-shaven, with close-cropped, graying hair and thin, rectangular glasses.
    — Bozorgmehr Sharafedin, The Atlantic, 1 June 2026
  • He's also known for his clean-shaven look, making his Wednesday appearance a new look for him.
    — Charna Flam, People.com, 22 May 2025
  • By 2023, the sideburns are gone, and Guthrie’s cheeks are clean-shaven down to his jawbone.
    — Rachel Clarke, CNN, 23 Sep. 2024
  • Earlier photos showed him with facial hair, but he’s now described as clean-shaven and wearing a green hooded sweater.
    — Dakin Andone, CNN, 10 Sep. 2023
  • And then, in the early twentieth century, another abrupt shift back to clean-shaven faces.
    — Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
  • The Prince is clearly a fan of his new look, growing out his beard after going clean-shaven at Balmoral.
    — Isaac Bickerstaff, Glamour, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Inside the Mission-style former school building, all three are dressed in black, the guitarist and drummer both clean-shaven.
    — Steve Appleford, SPIN, 29 May 2026
  • Police believe the suspect is Latino, around 5 feet, 9 inches tall with a clean-shaven face and long black hair.
    — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Most striking of all, Orlok now has a mustache, a departure from his original, clean-shaven look.
    — Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 25 Dec. 2024
  • The New York Yankees announced Friday that their players no longer must be clean-shaven.
    — Ryan Morik, Fox News, 22 Feb. 2025
  • Brunettes, blonds, mustached, clean-shaven, my patio-bar dates don’t seem to get it, and their answers have alarmed me — their apathy almost as alarming as outright hate.
    — Hannah Benson, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2025
  • Bateman was first spotted with the fuller look back in January but was back to clean-shaven just as the air turned colder at the end of September.
    — Alexandra Schonfeld, People.com, 18 Oct. 2024

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