Example Sentences

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Later, I consider the European hornbeam tree before me, whose bare branches jut out conically, and an Asian dogwood tree, whose bark reddens in the winter.

From New York Times • Jan. 2, 2018

An investigating party beheld a hole in the earth 50 feet wide descending conically into blackness.

From Time Magazine Archive

A redeeming expression in the high forehead, conically rising, and the strong character exhibited in his nose, neutralized in some sort the generally-unattractive outline.

From Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia by Simms, William Gilmore

These nooks have all been taken possession of by fishermen, and their conically beehive- shaped huts always peep from under the frondage.

From How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley by Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton)

It was gigantic, and shaped conically, like one of those old-fashioned jelly glasses which used to be seen upon the shelves of confectioners.

From J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 5 by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan