Example Sentences

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They grow cuplike protective shells by extracting limestone from seawater.

From Scientific American • Aug. 15, 2022

But one organism might be somewhat familiar: a stalked, cuplike creature with waving tentacles resembling those of a jellyfish.

From Science Magazine • Jul. 25, 2022

The birds use bits of lichen, plant downs and fibers, twigs, and spiderwebs to create cuplike nests that they attach to branches.

From Washington Post • Jul. 20, 2022

It’s quite a pretty aquatic plant, with cuplike pink flowers.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 26, 2021

Its reddish brown back, marked by pale stripes, lay toward her, and one of the large, cuplike ears was silhouetted against the pale trunk of the fig.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer