"They haven't destroyed you," he said, smiling behind his short beard.

The Patriarch, in a cushioned seat with a back, allowed himself a small smile behind his white beard.

Behind his curly beard and mustache, the colonel may have smiled.

His broad face was flushed behind his great black beard.

A thin smile played at the lips nearly hidden behind his thick beard.

Face going sallow behind his short beard, Glenn pulled away.

Then I remember what it's been doing: nothing that they could see, because it's hidden behind my beard.

The Chair's face creased in panic behind his false real beard.

He was the smallest of us, but strong, with a sharp face behind his black beard.

It was like the smile was always there, behind his beard.