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Calder is even amusing in the bronzes he made in 1944, especially “The Vine,” a balancing act of a plant with a dragonlike slouch straight out of .

From New York Times • May 13, 2010

Similarly, a drawing by John Tenniel, the illustrator who worked with Carroll, showing a boy fighting the dragonlike Jabberwock, as it was first called, was transformed into an image depicting Alice in action.

From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2010

Radulovic's own favorite was a huge, dragonlike, earth-digging machine in deep oranges, reds and whites.

From Time Magazine Archive

They are aided by benign dragonlike beasts called Blengins.

From Time Magazine Archive

They were dragonlike creatures with wings, whose look turned men to stone.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton