Example Sentences

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They operated with a tiny chisel-like instrument called an osteotome in addition to a set of instruments called curettes, "which look like little sharp ice cream scoops," said Stewart.

From Salon • Jan. 17, 2022

A chisel-like cutter was designed to make other tools.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

The heavily enameled fronts of the teeth wear more slowly than the backs, creating a sharp, chisel-like edge.

From Time Magazine Archive

His chisel-like foreteeth bit steadily and he felt the dry strands rip.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

He was so sleek and slippery that it would have been impossible for them to hold him with their chisel-like teeth could they have caught him.

From Kazan by Curwood, James Oliver