lacelike

Example Sentences

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Now the Bosporus seemed to flow north to that cold lakelike sea of villages of blackened wood, sloping muddy streets and red-bearded men with bright blue eyes.

From New York Times • May 12, 2022

Comer’s lakelike eyes reveal Villanelle’s desperate desire for true connection, even if she might not be capable of it.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2019

Moreover, the team concluded, numerous deltalike and lakelike formations detected by orbiting satellites are almost certainly the dried remains of substantial ancient lakes and deltas.

From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2014

On the Cross Island Parkway in Queens and the Belt Parkway near Kennedy Airport, drivers splashed through lakelike puddles and bumped through blowout-inducing potholes they could not see.

From New York Times • Aug. 15, 2011

The shores drew rapidly together; they were leaving the lakelike expanse behind.

From The Prodigal Judge by Kester, Vaughan