knifelike

Example Sentences

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The knifelike, chest-high vegetation that gives new resonance to the term “blades of grass.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

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

Chuck Wexler, executive director of the Police Executive Research Forum, suggested that the verdict could affect policing beyond Chicago, particularly when officers confront residents carrying knives and knifelike weapons.

From New York Times • Oct. 5, 2018

Aimee felt tears burning behind her eyes and that sharp, knifelike twinge in her throat that always signaled a flood of tears.

From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin