Example Sentences

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The soil of the wold is pale, so that in the new-ploughed fields there rest soft, creamlike shadows when the evening sun falls aslant.

From Escape, and Other Essays by Benson, Arthur Christopher

The Virginian did not, to be sure, look like Danbury, and his frame and his features showed out of the mass; but his eyes were upon Dr. MacBride with a creamlike propriety.

From The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains by Wister, Owen

No hand touches Crisco until in your own kitchen the sanitary can is opened, disclosing the smooth richness, the creamlike, appetizing consistency of the product.

From The Story of Crisco by Neil, Marion Harris

A free, creamlike discharge implies a healthy action in the sore, and is the precursor of recovery.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.

"Ay," put in the chaplain, Matthew; "Adam might have drunk this in the Garden," while from the lower table came jovial shouts of praise of this smooth, creamlike vintage.

From The Brethren by Haggard, Henry Rider