mosslike

Example Sentences

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The tiny, mosslike plants are extremely sensitive to temperature and moisture and can be used to monitor climate change.

From Washington Post • Jul. 2, 2022

Gradually, the narrator realizes she herself has been contaminated by spores inhaled as she examined a mosslike growth that spelled out gloomy poetry on the walls of a living shaft plunging deep into the earth.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 30, 2014

Upon them were black mosslike encrustations of age, and they were bent and scarred from the attacks of long-forgotten teeth.

From Men, Women, and Boats by Crane, Stephen

Underfoot, the mosslike stuff was soft and yielding, and there was a fragrance in the air unlike anything he had ever smelled.

From Naudsonce by Piper, H. Beam

About the Shoshone, rocks and earth are clothed with a yellow, mosslike crust.

From The Truth About America by Money, Edward