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
Three years ago, on a trip to Johannesburg, I had the chance to watch the artist William Kentridge working on a new production of Alban Berg’s knifelike opera “Wozzeck.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 26, 2019
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
A persistent flicker called; some nighthawks, flashing bright white spots on their narrow, knifelike wings, dipsy-doodled overhead.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
