How to Use goatee in a Sentence

goatee

noun
  • Oh gee, is that supposed to be me in the video with the goatee?
    — Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The tall, thin, balding man with a goatee then left the store.
    — John Benson, cleveland.com, 5 Apr. 2018
  • The man had a goatee and was wearing a white tank top and blue jeans.
    — Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2023
  • His long, dirty-blond hair and goatee aren’t well groomed, either.
    — Ling Ma, The New Yorker, 4 July 2022
  • Police said Rush has short black hair and a black goatee.
    — Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Jason was cool with a jazz beard or a goatee, but nothing longer.
    — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2021
  • His goatee was thinner, and the skin on his arms hung loosely.
    — Oliver Whang Andres Serrano, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Daniel Kaluuya came through with the smooth line-up and goatee.
    — Allure Staff, Allure, 30 Jan. 2018
  • Evans, slender and with a slight goatee, pushed on a panel in the wall.
    — Geoff Manaugh, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2019
  • With his smooth black coat, white soul patch goatee and mohawk, Sgt.
    — Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Jason, in glasses and a goatee, is a mild soul who’s in over his head.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 6 Oct. 2024
  • Nason is pale and of medium build, with a crew cut, a goatee, and blue eyes.
    — Peter Andrey Smith, Outside Online, 19 Feb. 2019
  • Gone were his signature icy spikes and goatee.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Dilema, 44, a tall cook with a goatee and blue and white checked shirt, was broke.
    — Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2021
  • Reiner, with his head shaved and a scruffy goatee, wore a yellow prison top with blue prison pants.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Johnson, 63, stands well above six feet tall, and his chin is ringed by a grey goatee.
    — Brent Rose, Outside, 28 Feb. 2026
  • He is described by police as an Asian man with black hair, brown eyes and a goatee.
    — Alejandro Barahona, azcentral, 5 Apr. 2018
  • The piece shows the king with hair parted down the middle and with a long goatee, photos show.
    — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The man had short black hair, a black goatee, and wore eyeglasses and a white sweatshirt.
    — Megan Cassidy, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Apr. 2023
  • The clip shows a dark-haired man whose face is blurred, though a goatee is somewhat visible.
    — Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 2026
  • His scruffy goatee and mustache filled the screen; the apartment ceiling framed his face.
    — Bryce Covert, The New Republic, 5 July 2022
  • Now 81, Righetti is tall, with blue eyes and a neat, white goatee.
    — Jo Marchant, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Surveillance video from the liquor store showed Leslie in the store with a man with a goatee.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, kansascity, 20 Feb. 2018
  • The twinkling eyes, the aquiline nose, the trademark goatee limned in bits of bread and butter.
    — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2022
  • With money like that on the line, who wouldn’t show up for the first day of eighth grade with a deep voice and a full goatee?
    — Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 19 July 2022
  • Abreu, 31, was clean-shaven Friday, save for the thick goatee on his chin.
    — Fabian Ardaya, chicagotribune.com, 23 Mar. 2018
  • Only the person's eyes and what appears to be a mustache or goatee can be seen.
    — Sondra Hernandez, Houston Chronicle, 12 Feb. 2026
  • Guy Fieri has been rocking frosted spikes and a sick goatee for the better part of two decades.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The suspect is a male in his late 30s, about 5-foot-8, with a thin build and a goatee.
    — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 3 Mar. 2020
  • He was described as Black, 20 to 25 years old, with a goatee.
    — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Jan. 2022

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