whiskered
Americanadjective
adjective
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Origin of whiskered
Example Sentences
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The musical turns out to be as spryly flexible as any of its whiskered characters.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
A whiskered influencer, Larry also boasts an X account @Number10cat followed by more than 877,500 fans.
From Barron's ● Feb. 15, 2026
San Francisco’s Sea Lions: Recently sea lion counters tallied 2,000 of the whiskered, blubbery creatures in the water alongside Pier 39 on the city’s northern edge.
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2024
Half the crowd seemed to have no more than two degrees of separation from the folk-singing bartender, some donning stick-on mustaches in tribute to Johnson’s whiskered visage.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2023
He looked up at Flora, and the sight of his little whiskered face calmed her somehow.
From "Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures" by Kate DiCamillo
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