whalelike

Example Sentences

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The Mother — an iridescent, whalelike blob with the soulful mien of an elephant — effectively has the maternal role that Wendy assumes in Barrie’s version.

From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2020

Stocky, intense, a stickler, he was armor-plated in fitness—his resting pulse rate, at one point, was a whalelike twenty-eight.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 18, 2016

The Man of the House With his sheath of white hair, his bulbous nose and whalelike body, Tip O'Neill is a caricaturist's dream.

From Time Magazine Archive

Tubes in the upper surface of the whalelike hull inhale air.

From Time Magazine Archive

One whalelike snort floated out into the hall through the peeling bathroom door.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole