deathlike

Example Sentences

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No matter how many times they are burned, the D’Amelio sisters return, mothlike, to TikTok.

From New York Times • Oct. 27, 2021

Amazon’s decision highlights the apparent mothlike attraction of tech jobs and the pressure on companies to make expansion decisions that are safe investments.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 16, 2018

Once moved in with Ginger, Jasmine flutters about, cementing her resemblance to the mothlike Blanche.

From New York Times • Jul. 25, 2013

I had returned to my desk in tears, feeling abandoned to nothingness, mothlike, yet stunned by Joshie’s unusual lyricism.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 7, 2010

Longstreet gave the positions, the spy fluttering mothlike behind him with numbers and names and dates.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara