Example Sentences

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Goldman said there are plans to grow turkey tail, named for its fanlike shape and variegated brown color, as well as reishi and seasonal varieties such as black pearl.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2022

She points out one of the fanlike structures.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 15, 2021

She holds the four strips together and wafts them, fanlike, under her nose.

From Washington Post • Nov. 4, 2019

He grew the fanlike, almost leonine beard that came to be his trademark.

From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2016

Brass lamps hung from the walls and the earthy floor was worn and smooth; as they walked, their shadows rippled, fanlike, across the wall.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling