Example Sentences

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The story, which had been unfolding in a booklike manner, collapses into something like play acting.

From Washington Post • Feb. 13, 2021

I suspect that this is an important advantage books have over booklike apps.

From Slate • Jun. 1, 2012

The booklike purity of RSS accounts for its suppression.

From Slate • Mar. 11, 2010

In booklike ballots the size of small-town telephone directories, Republican and Democratic voters of Pennsylvania last week made their choice of candidates for the November elections.

From Time Magazine Archive

There were no planter boxes or benches tucked next to the building, and the entry alcove was tidy and clear of anything booklike.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman