knifelike

Example Sentences

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Getting to those seeds isn’t easy, even for a bird with a knifelike beak.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 31, 2021

Jackhammers, roaring buses, women striding into traffic, knifelike in their high, sharp heels, past windows full of faces, products, bright admonishments, light, and dust.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 8, 2019

About this Diahann Carroll says “smart girl”—only two words, but in their knifelike dispatch they’re a highly potent commentary.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2018

Bloated royalty offers plenty of succulent targets for Downie’s knifelike pen.

From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2018

She envisioned the knifelike teeth and bottlebrush tail, the way each of its black claws had curled in the earth as it tensed.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray