Example Sentences

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The end of the Devonian period, 359 million years ago, was an eventful time: Fish were inching out of the ocean, and fernlike forests were advancing on land.

From Science Magazine • May 27, 2020

A narrow wedge of sky driven between seemingly opaque buildings casts the fernlike curl of a streetlight in stark silhouette.

From New York Times • Oct. 10, 2019

That and the plants here and there — cactuses, fernlike ones, a funny little jade — made it feel like an expat place in Tulum, back before everyone found out about it.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 18, 2017

That’s appropriate, since these fernlike patterns often form on the skin of people struck by lighting, caused by the capillaries under the skin rupturing from the shock wave generated by the electrical discharge.

From Scientific American • Jul. 23, 2013

Use the vacuum cleaner to create a special, fernlike pattern in the carpets.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich