How to Use stubble in a Sentence

stubble

noun

• He ran his hand over his stubble.
• The guy was tall, well built, with a few days of stubble.
  — Mohammad Ali, WIRED, 14 Apr. 2020
• This helps to avoid rough stubble and help keep skin smoother, longer.
  — Audrey Noble, Harper's BAZAAR, 14 May 2021
• The wispy hairs on his head were singed to a stubble and his cloak was smoking.
  — Joy Williams, Harper’s Magazine , 14 Dec. 2022
• Three years after the blaze, the area has been raked and cleared and shrubs and tree saplings are emerging from the stubble.
  — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 2 Oct. 2020
• Healey has long gray hair and peppery stubble and wears a grunge-like wardrobe.
  — Simon Parkin, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2020
• Layout blinds can work great in a field if there’s enough stubble to hide them.
  — Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 6 Mar. 2023
• The fastest and simplest option for farmers, then, is to burn the stubble.
  — Manavi Kapur, Quartz India, 29 Oct. 2020
• Zolkin, who wore a hoodie and had days-old stubble, sighed.
  — Katia Savchuk, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2022
• The rough scratch of his stubble and its delicious burn.
  — Arna Bontemps Hemenway, The Atlantic, 19 July 2019
• In mulching, the crop stubble is first cut and collected.
  — Amanat Khullar, Quartz India, 23 Dec. 2019
• The suspect is a heavy-set white man with black hair and facial stubble.
  — Bill Bird, Naperville Sun, 31 Aug. 2017
• The replaceable blade lasts up to four months and works for stubble as well as beards of any length.
  — NBC News, 15 Apr. 2020
• Eddie’s eye, and beneath the stubble his face is lined from living a life in the sun.
  — Eric Dusenbery, ajc, 28 Sep. 2021
• The blades are designed to cut long hairs, pesky flat-laying hairs and short stubble in just a few strokes.
  — Kara Cuzzone, Forbes, 27 May 2021
• Dark stubble on his worn face, the 58-year-old is dressed in gym apparel and Crocs.
  — Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2023
• Most women get rid of body hair off at the first sign of trouble (ahem, stubble).
  — Caroline Alkire, Good Housekeeping, 13 Apr. 2017
• Two dozen black-and-white decoys dotted the corn stubble around us.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Dec. 2017
• This softens the skin and hair and opens the pores, giving you a smoother shave with less friction from your own stubble.
  — Adam Hurly, GQ, 3 Mar. 2018
• Golden wheat stood ripe in some strips and in others it had been shorn down to its bright stubble.
  — Eula Biss, The New Yorker, 8 June 2022
• Sivertson, 54, has a stocky build and salt-and-pepper stubble.
  — Anjali Tsui, ProPublica, 3 Dec. 2019
• In contrast, his facial stubble is so neat, it could have been trimmed with a ruler.
  — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024
• Rudy was handsome and hunky in a college-frat-boy sort of way with his two-day stubble and a mop of dark wavy hair.
  — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 6 Oct. 2021
• This week there was an abundance of admirable beards, scruff, and stubble.
  — Megan Gustashaw, GQ, 5 Nov. 2017
• Water lilies float on the surface of the water and stumps of a former forest stick out of the depths like stubble.
  — Peter Marteka, courant.com, 27 Sep. 2019
• But the man in a simple black habit who met me was young, with kind eyes, a boyish face, and a light shading of stubble.
  — Matías Costa, Smithsonian, 28 June 2018
• Even the stubble on his chin looks faintly luminous, like frost on a blade of grass.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 4 Sep. 2024
• That’s not to be confused with browned leaf stubble left over from winter freezes.
  — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Feb. 2022
• Ahmad’s hair was greasy, and stubble covered his neck and face.
  — The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 9 Apr. 2017
• Sporting a salt-and-pepper stubble on Wednesday, Calipari, 59, did not seem to have a care in the world.
  — Edgar Thompson, OrlandoSentinel.com, 31 May 2018

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024