How to Use unshaven in a Sentence
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Cross flailed her arms and unshaven legs, in a seizure-like state.
—Danielle Bacher, Billboard, 22 Mar. 2022
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His full beard is less a statement than the sign of an unshaven hiker.
—Outside Online, 6 July 2022
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He was also said to be 5 feet 10 inches tall with an unshaven face and a medium build.
—Andy Nguyen, Glendale News-Press, 6 Aug. 2019
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The collar of his sweatshirt hung limp below his unshaven neck.
—Vincent Granata, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2021
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The suspect was unshaven and had short, curly, brown hair, according to the Oregon State Police.
—oregonlive.com, 3 July 2019
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Two years later, the Boston Red Sox — known for their unshaven appearance — stamped a beard on the inside of their rings.
—Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2021
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The suspect was described as an unshaven white man in his mid-twenties, wearing a black sweatshirt and blue jeans.
—Joseph Clark, cleveland.com, 4 Feb. 2018
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The style of the gown, which featured spaghetti straps, layered pieces of fabric, and a cut that hit high above her knees, put her unshaven legs and armpits on full display.
—Zoë Weiner, Teen Vogue, 7 Nov. 2018
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Personally, the New Normal has taken a certain shine to sweat pants and unshaven legs and can go a bit longer.
—Melissa Fletcher Stoeltje, ExpressNews.com, 24 Mar. 2020
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His neighbor was the first to identify him, recognizing the unshaven face of a man who had watched his beloved street become a killing field.
—Anchorage Daily News, 16 Apr. 2022
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Lawrence Serbin, who had been selling chocolates nearby, recalled the driver as about 5-feet-6, unshaven and wiry.
—Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2018
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The suspect, described as a large unshaven 33-year-old man with light-brown hair, appeared to choose his victims at random, police said.
—Saphora Smith, NBC News, 21 Oct. 2017
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The big brooding soldier is unshaven, his fatigues filthy from combat, except for a field hat that is clearly brand new.
—Mac William Bishop, Rolling Stone, 12 June 2022
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Whaler — an unbroken unshaven area from temple to chin to temple.
—Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 13 Jan. 2020
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His jaw is stronger, his stubble obvious, his legs unshaven.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2017
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At the mention of the embalming search, Brian Walshe, clad in a tight gray sweatshirt and tan pants and appearing unshaven, shook his head.
—John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Jan. 2023
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The driver appeared to be the van’s only occupant, and was described as a white, unshaven man between 20 and 30 years old with medium length, messy brown hair.
—Suzanne Baker, chicagotribune.com, 12 Mar. 2021
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Koepka arrived at his press conference unshaven, relaxed, and with a few quips.
—Michael Rosenberg, SI.com, 16 July 2019
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For 30 years, Sikh members of the military were not allowed to practice core tenets of their face, including unshaven hair and turbans.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN, 13 June 2020
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That same month, Leon made a statement during her very first appearance at the Met Gala by posing for the cameras with her unshaven armpit visible.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com, 21 Jan. 2022
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Ménochet — like Fassbinder, beefy and unshaven — chews the scenery (along with the soapy script), without entirely digesting either of them.
—Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2022
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Each time, the unshaven suspect passed a note to a bank employee and did not display a weapon, according to authorities.
—oregonlive, 15 Feb. 2020
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The singer has been publicly seen sporting a mustache, a slightly more refined version of the unshaven look Justin’s occasionally worn for the last few years.
—Braden Bjella, Teen Vogue, 31 Jan. 2020
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While her mom did not attend the event, Leon made a memorable statement of her own by posing in the bold ensemble with her unshaven armpit visible.
—Gabrielle Duncan, PEOPLE.com, 13 Sep. 2021
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Before the statement was issued, the appearance of her unshaven underarms reignited the trite debate about women's body hair and what should be done with it.
—Sam Reed, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Dec. 2017
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The man was described as White, 6 feet tall, thin, unshaven, with short, dark-colored hair and a gray patch near his right temple, a tribal tattoo around his right arm, and other tattoos on his left arm.
—David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2020
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An unshaven Màrcio Silva de Melo, 41, had been accused of hacking down 20 acres of forest.
—Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2022
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Bussi is unshaven and slovenly, living in a pigsty apartment and driving a Pontiac.
—Jay Weissberg, Variety, 17 Aug. 2021
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Their two children come in to find both parents on the floor, their mother weeping, their father’s head bloodied, three unshaven red-eyed bozos looming over them, their guns out.
—Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2018
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The term conjures up images from the late 19th to the early 20th centuries of unshaven men dressed in tattered and patched clothing, riding the rails in or under railroad boxcars, and eating beans out of a can over an open fire.
—Helaine Fendelman and Joe Rosson, Star Tribune, 13 Oct. 2020
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