beard-stroking
Britishnoun
adjective
Example Sentences
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As the emperor, Li has few martial arts moves but many opportunities for beard-stroking gravitas.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2020
It was a Comic Con for beard-stroking music geeks, all set to a soundtrack of Mr. Joel’s greatest hits.
From New York Times • Oct. 10, 2016
Shylock's cleverness and intellectual assurance were obscured by funniosities such as a sing-song Potash-and-Perlmutter speech breaking into gabble, finger-counting, and beard-stroking, lying flat in the street and howling.
From Europe—Whither Bound? Being Letters of Travel from the Capitals of Europe in the Year 1921 by Graham, Stephen
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