How to Use grizzle in a Sentence

grizzle

verb
  • He always grizzles that the weather is bad.
  • He is always grizzling about the weather.
  • For as long as anyone can remember, the Spurs have been grizzled.
    — Jeff McDonald, ExpressNews.com, 20 June 2019
  • Maybe the struggling White Sox didn’t have to wait till Jirschele was grizzled.
    — Chris Jones, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2017
  • The stereotype of the grizzled, potbellied coach with tobacco drooling down his chin?
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2017
  • Wizened and grizzled, tough and smart, not just ready for battle but positively looking forward to it.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2018
  • The grizzled, gum-chewing police chief quickly gets frustrated with the arrogant boy from up north.
    — Walter Mosley, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Mar. 2018
  • Family groups of sea otters bob in the swells, the lone males, with their grizzled, silver faces, lay back like old men in their recliners, pining away their days.
    — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 13 June 2018
  • That, for me, is praise for a work of art that’s as close to puppy love as this grizzled, jaded old WASP will ever feel.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 24 Aug. 2019
  • The earthiest of the bunch is grizzled Aquilino García López, who hand-packs mud around his stills and weighs their copper tops down with rocks.
    — John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2018
  • Tall, grizzled, and unshaven, the French-Canadian archaeologist looked every bit the old Yukon hand.
    — Heather Pringle, Smithsonian, 8 Mar. 2017
  • Kushner and Bannon had been odd-couple allies, one fresh-faced, one grizzled, one politic, the other outrageous, in the last months of the campaign and during the transition.
    — Tina Nguyen, vanityfair.com, 6 Apr. 2017
  • And then, after 110 fraught minutes, England switched off for a single second and Mandzukic, that grizzled old warrior, stole in and smashed home the winner.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 12 July 2018
  • Brian Cavalier, known as Booda, Cliven Bundy’s giant, grizzled, ogre-looking bodyguard, got up.
    — James Pogue, Outside Online, 14 May 2018
  • Its songs felt engineered for a highly distinct mood, and his voice, a husky brooding tone that was grizzled by Auto-Tune, functioned more as another instrument in the mix than typical vocals.
    — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The neo-futurist storyline showcases Terry McGinnis as Batman, often with the guidance of a much older and grizzled Bruce Wayne.
    — James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025

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