grizzle

[US]/'grɪz(ə)l/
[UK]/ˈɡrɪzəl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. kulay abuhin; buhok na nagiging kulay abu o puti
vi. maging kulay abu; magreklamo
vt. gawing kulay abu
adj. kulay abuhin
Word Forms
Third Person Singulargrizzles
Past Participlegrizzled
Present Participlegrizzling
Past Tensegrizzled
Pluralgrizzles

Phrases & Collocations

grizzle with onions

grizzle na may sibuyas

grizzle with mushrooms

grizzle na may kabute

tender grizzle steak

malambot na grizzle steak

slow-cooked grizzle stew

mabagal na lutong grizzle stew

Example Sentences

9:30am, BO WU GUAN bus stop, an old beggar. shivered in bise his grizzled beard.

9:30 am, hintuan ng bus ng BO WU GUAN, isang matandang manghingi. Nanginginig siya sa lamig sa kanyang kulay-abo na balbas.

The old man's beard was grizzled with age.

Kulay-abo na ang balbas ng matanda dahil sa edad.

She grizzled at the thought of having to work late again.

Kumunot ang noo niya sa ideya na kailangan niyang magtrabaho nang matagal muli.

The grizzled detective had seen it all in his long career.

Nakita na ng matandang detektib na may kulay-abong buhok ang lahat sa kanyang mahabang karera.

The grizzled veteran shared stories of his time in the war.

Ibinahagi ng beteranong may kulay-abong buhok ang mga kwento tungkol sa kanyang panahon sa digmaan.

His grizzled appearance gave him a rugged charm.

Ang kanyang kulay-abong itsura ay nagbigay sa kanya ng isang magaspang na karisma.

The grizzled old dog wagged its tail happily.

Masaya na kumikilos ang buntot ng matandang asong kulay-abo.

The grizzled mountains loomed in the distance.

Lumitaw sa malayo ang mga bundok na kulay-abo.

She grizzled as she struggled to open the stubborn jar.

Kumunot ang noo niya habang pinipilitang buksan ang matigas na garapon.

The grizzled tree stood tall against the wind.

Tumayo nang matangkad ang matandang punong kahoy na kulay-abo laban sa hangin.

The grizzled sky foretold an impending storm.

Ang kulay-abong langit ay nagbabala ng nalalapit na bagyo.

Real-world Examples

The sergeant in charge was a bow-legged, grizzled little man with a large wad of tobacco in his cheek.

Source: Gone with the Wind

His hair is grizzled and he is dressed in grey.

Source: The Red and the Black (Part One)

Is this grizzled, mustachioed sea guy.

Source: Radio Laboratory

You must make up your mind to grizzled bachelors or widowers.

Source: Lovers in the Tower (Part Two)

Not so very old, although his hair was grizzled—what there was of it.

Source: Scarecrow

" Crow, crow, You are grizzled, I know, But from Russia you come; Ah me, there lies home" !

Source: Virgin Land (Part 1)

The detective turned about and scrutinized us keenly; and through the gaslit mist I noticed that his hair was grizzled at the temples, and his face still cadaverous, from the wound that had nearly been his death.

Source: Amateur Thief Rafiz

There was something bleak and unapproachable in his face, and he was so stiffened and grizzled that I took him for an old man and was surprised to hear that he was not more than fifty-two.

Source: Itan Flomei

If you take these old surviving cells and compete them, also under starvation conditions, against a new, fast-growing culture of E. coli, the grizzled old tough guys beat out the squeaky clean upstarts every single time.

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) June 2019 Collection

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