How to Use hairy in a Sentence

hairy

adjective

• The taxi ride got a little hairy.
• When the deadline approaches, things can get a little hairy.
• Trim the tip and hairy part of the root ends from the onions.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 10 Oct. 2019
• The band looked like the two hairy white guys from ZZ Top.
  — Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker, 18 June 2018
• And a lot of times in the AL, that becomes a very hairy call.
  — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 22 May 2020
• The hairy chests and Playboy bushes of the 1970s are gone.
  — Heather Widdows, Time, 13 June 2018
• When the pond is drained, a hairy wild man with rusty skin is found.
  — John Orr, The Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2019
• Most of the coolest signs were in the sketchiest parts of town, which could be a bit hairy.
  — WIRED, 13 Feb. 2023
• But moving on to the world of full-fledged cheese doesn’t have to be that hairy.
  — Popular Science, 4 June 2020
• This is the best feed to keep up with these hairy giants.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 11 Oct. 2023
• The leaves are 3 inches across, hairy, dark green and form rosettes.
  — Jeff Lowenfels | Alaska Gardening and Growing, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Nov. 2022
• Where are the women waving their hairy arms in the air with pride?
  — Talia Abbas, SELF, 6 June 2018
• And one of the ways to identify it is by its leaves, which look hairy.
  — Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2022
• In fact, the allure of hairy men is time-tested, and no joke.
  — Maverick Li, Men's Health, 20 Mar. 2023
• But when prices start to spike, things can get a little hairy.
  — Aj Willingham, CNN, 10 Jan. 2022
• Someone looked at me and yelled, 'Turn around you hairy freak!
  — Thomas Novelly, The Courier-Journal, 2 May 2018
• Dogs short and lengthy, hairy and smooth, walked down Market Street.
  — Randy Vazquez, The Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2019
• The only way out is through a hairy hole, just big enough for the insect to sneak through.
  — Katy Kelleher, Longreads, 9 Oct. 2019
• The ad opens with an engine's vroom and a long, panning shot of hairy legs.
  — Joshua Hafner, ajc, 3 July 2018
• And that cartridge doesn’t have to be a big hairy magnum.
  — Ron Spomer, Outdoor Life, 13 Jan. 2020
• Things could get hairy after a concert in the Snake Pit.
  — Gregg Doyel indianapolis Star, The Indianapolis Star, 25 May 2023
• All of them will be hairy, dad bod-y, and fanny pack-y AF.
  — Tess Koman, Cosmopolitan, 19 Sep. 2017
• Are there two people in the world who are equally hairy?
  — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 20 Mar. 2023
• Where things get hairy for each is in those final two spots.
  — Si.com Staff, SI.com, 2 July 2018
• His hairy armpits are damp; a wet film of sweat has formed where his left foot rests on his right.
  — Hurmat Kazmi, The Atlantic, 23 Nov. 2021
• Queen Anne's lace has hairy, solid, green stems and no spots.
  — Jennifer Aldrich, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2021
• Jati is also the hairiest elephant in the group and has light brown eyes.
  — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 1 Oct. 2024
• And that's when things get hairy in a real Black Mirror way.
  — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 20 June 2023
• Amy Adams finds herself in a hairy situation in the first trailer for Nightbitch.
  — Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2024
• The violence is pretty hairy, and now and then it’s used for routine purposes of establishing a character’s depths of ice-cold pathology.
  — Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 24 Dec 2024