Example Sentences

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He then draws “the bulging cheekbones” of a “stubborn” military leader and the large, bowlike lips of a “person who loves comfort and attention.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 19, 2022

And it is the discipline’s “looping and bowlike movements,” he says, that make Abir Qesheth unique.

From Slate • Dec. 11, 2015

Growing tired, apparently, of his scrutiny, she pushed him a little way and allowed her arm to drop, at the same time curving her mouth into a long, bowlike smile.

From A Voyage to Arcturus by Lindsay, David

A shell is fitted over the lower end of the pole, which is bent and made bowlike, until the shell rests on the cloth.

From The Wild Tribes of Davao District, Mindanao The R. F. Cummings Philippine Expedition by Cole, Fay-Cooper