Example Sentences

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They were fixing its finlike stabilizers, which help steady the massive vessel in rough seas but retract when there are no swells.

From New York Times • Jan. 10, 2022

That work involved a design called a finFET, for fin field-effect transistor, which uses a finlike structure instead of the conventional flat design.

From US News • Dec. 28, 2011

The earliest insects had finlike dorsal appendages on most if not all of their body segments, most likely for swimming.

From Science Magazine • May 4, 2011

Mariuccia Mandelli, who designs for Krizia, sent finlike flounces cascading all over suits and dresses�something, perhaps, for the spouse of Jaws' elasmobranch villain to slip into for the Oscars.

From Time Magazine Archive

I saw them suspended motionless above me, then two floating off, first their heads, then the tips of their finlike fingers, moving dreamily from the top of the case.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison