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How to use shaved in a sentence

36 example sentences · adjective

Shaved means having had a shave. Example: “The bouncer was a big, buff dude with tattoos, a shaved head, and a serious scowl.”

Examples of shaved by meaning

adjectiveHaving had a shave.

  • Rock joked about Pinkett Smith’s shaved head – a look she has said is more than a style preference.2022 June 1, Kristen Rogers, “What causes alopecia, a ‘devastating’ hair loss condition affecting Jada Pinkett Smith”, in CNN

More sentences with shaved

  • The bouncer was a big, buff dude with tattoos, a shaved head, and a serious scowl.From the entry buff
  • His large round head was shaved slick.From the entry slick
  • The most amusing thing on our trip to the dentist was watching a truck storrow beneath a low bridge and get shaved like a tin can.From the entry storrow
  • Nobody has shaved or changed clothes for a week, the heat stifles and the flies are everywhere.2012, Ken Catran, Letters from the Coffin-Trenches, Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited, →ISBN. From the entry stifle
  • A fighter, she wore the traditional haircut, shaved temples, roach of hair tugged back in a horsetail.2012, Clayton Emery, Mortal Consequences: Forgotten Realms. From the entry horsetail
  • Her ex-husband accompanied her to her boyfriend's place and she shaved her mooey on the way.2010, Digital Spy message boards. From the entry mooey
  • Then she stood in front of the mirror and carefully shaved her na-na.2008, Treasure Hernandez, Choosing Sides, Urban Books, published 2009, →ISBN, page 26. From the entry na-na
  • His customer, a Greek, dozes in the barberchair while being shaved.2008, Irving N. Rothman, The barber in modern Jewish culture, page 240. From the entry barberchair
  • He would slip in his six-ace flats, shaved dice that were made to bring up sevens.2005, Fred Cicetti, Local Angles: The Big News in Small Towns, page 78. From the entry flat
  • I look down, past the bulge in his shorts; his legs are shaved.2002, Andy Schell, My Best Man, Kensington Books, page 148. From the entry hotski
  • He hadn’t shaved in a while, and he could feel his stubble snag on the nylon.1996, Robert Rodi, Drag Queen, New York: Dutton, →ISBN, retrieved 05 Feb 2022, page 37. From the entry drag queen
  • Under these circumstances, he could not let Maan’s head be shaved.1993, Vikram Seth, A Suitable Boy, Boston: Little, Brown, Chapter 17.26, pp. 1330-1331. From the entry identification parade
  • "So, there I was, shaved and enemaed, in the labor room with my husband.1977, Brennan, Barbara; Heilman, Joan Rattner, The Complete Book of Midwifery. From the entry enema
  • He shaved and managed to pull on a clean shirt and trousers.1954, Ian Fleming, “True or False?”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 87. From the entry colt
  • Costs were shaved to a minimum with the cooperation of members in the printing business.1944 January, “Victory Parade”, in O. E. Peterson, editor, The Kiwanis Magazine, volume 29, number 1, Chicago, Ill.: Kiwanis…. From the entry two birds—one stone
  • Shaved, dressed and lightly breakfasted I was as the Hall of Justice in less than an hour.1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, →ISBN, page 44. From the entry breakfasted
  • Ali had a shaved head at Debs' wedding.2022 February 24, w:Tina Baker, Nasty Little Cuts. From the entry pie off
  • Eyebrows shaved to a different shape and golded.2021, Edward Elmer Smith, The Imperial Stars. From the entry gold
  • His hair is shorter, less Einsteiny, and he's freshly shaved.2020, Jennifer Honeybourn, chapter 6, in The Do-over, New York, N.Y.: Swoon Reads, →ISBN. From the entry Einsteiny
  • Kingsman’s two-hour 20-minute running time could have been shaved by around a fifth, without losing a great deal.2017 September 19, Gwilym Mumford, “Kingsman: The Golden Circle review – spy sequel reaches new heights of skyscraping silliness”, in the…. From the entry shave
  • He with the shaved head, muscled body and killer smile.2012, Jackie Collins, The Power Trip, London […]: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 13. From the entry adwise
  • I knew about the whole key “jigglers.” Basically, random car keys are shaved down with a file, rounding out sharp edges.2011, Seattle Meth and Car Theft, page 120. From the entry jiggler
  • Verity is ordinary height prominent nose & chin, shaved clean, dark complection small mouth Thin lips slight mark on upper lip.2002 [2001], Hazard Adams, Home: A Novel, State University of New York Press, page 90. From the entry complection
  • The men in the "after" shots invariably have shaved chests.2001 September 5, Lee Gomes, “Chest Shaving Is Going Mainstream, As Magazines Show Smooth Models”, in Wall Street Journal. From the entry smoothie
  • Grandfathers decked out in bright yellow and green soccer jerseys, showing off Eiffel Towers shaved into the back of their heads.1998 June 10, Jill Lieber, “Having a ball in Paris: France hosts soccer's world best”, in USA Today. From the entry Eiffel Tower
  • The morning of the wedding he bounded up my stair, most tremendously shaved and brushed, stood upon my doormat bashfully hesitant.1944, Emily Carr, “Bachelors”, in The House of All Sorts. From the entry bashfully
  • “I hadn’t been involved in anything since I was at uni: Reclaim the Night, shaved head, monkey boots, nought-to-60 radicalisation in about two weeks.”2016 November 20, Doon Mackichan, The Guardian. From the entry monkey boot
  • “I want to feel you, Papi,” she whined as her hand made its way down to her neatly shaved love box, which was soaking wet.2011, Ashley Coleman, JaQuavis Coleman, Murderville, →ISBN, page 70. From the entry love box
  • Shaved heads, maroon and pumpkin-colored robes.2008, Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed, Ch.3, at p.74. From the entry hacky sack
  • Of course, it wouldn’t be Hollywood if they didn’t order the beard shaved off after the honeymoon was over and even before the picture started.1942 July, Photoplay Combined with Movie Mirror, volume 21, number 2, page 88, column 3. From the entry fruit-cakey
  • Another added: "Always hiding secrets in their fur, I had to get my void extra shaved due to some medical issues and he wasn't happy about it."2025 May 9, Melissa Fleur Afshar, “Reddit Users Unite Over Black Cats 'Hiding Secrets' in Their Fur”, in The Wall Street Journal. From the entry void
  • “Jada, can’t wait for GI Jane 2,” Rock said in an apparent reference to her shaved hair, which is a result of the hair loss condition alopecia.2022 March 28, Nadia Khomami, “‘Violence instead of words’: Will Smith condemned for hitting Chris Rock at the Oscars”, in The Guardian…. From the entry alopecia
  • There are no birth records of when my grandmother was born because most children in the refugee camps died before their mundans, when babies have their heads ritually shaved.2020, Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar, Hamish Hamilton, page 70. From the entry mundan
  • Insignificant or deformed, earthy or apoplectic, with bilious or blotched faces, blue when shaved, marked with deep wrinkles, rough wild hair, muscular, hairy arms did not charm her.1901, F.C. de Sumichrast, The Complete Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 6 (IV), Bigelow, Smith and Company, page 44. From the entry hyperdiabolical
  • I carried a bowl of bingsu over to our spot, this time the classic patbingsu: just shaved ice with red bean and a few pieces of rice cake on top.2021, Sarah Suk, Made in Korea, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, →ISBN, page 227. From the entry bingsu

Meaning of shaved

  1. adjective Having had a shave.

Full definition of shaved

Questions about shaved in a sentence

How do you use shaved in a sentence?
Shaved is used as an adjective. For example: “The bouncer was a big, buff dude with tattoos, a shaved head, and a serious scowl.”
What is a short sentence with shaved?
“Shaved heads, maroon and pumpkin-colored robes.”
What does shaved mean?
Shaved means having had a shave.

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