Thorpe pulled at his beard while he considered the idea.

The rabbi tugged at his beard and asked a most significant question.

He scratched at his wild beard and something fell out of it.

The wizard looked as if he were trying to tear at his beard.

The way she kept staring at his beard and then quickly looking away told him that might be a good idea.

He pulled for a moment at his long white beard.

He put it in one palm and tugged at his beard with the other hand.

The patriarch pulled at his long beard, which was beginning to show white.

But he frowned a little and tugged at his beard.

Scratching at his beard, he stood and walked out into the main room.