Example Sentences

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In this context, it is odd but not that surprising when this desert sojourner feels fishlike gills developing behind his ears.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 28, 2023

The vaguely fishlike critter was once believed to be a conodont, a jawless, eel-like vertebrate.

From New York Times • Sep. 20, 2022

While studying art criticism, Mira meets Annie, whose fishlike character, though interested in the collective, is defined by the self-sufficiency of her orphanhood.

From Washington Post • Feb. 16, 2022

Indigenous to the island of Ahch-To, the fishlike Caretakers look after Skywalker and the Jedi Temple — and they, too, came right out of Johnson’s imagination.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2017

"Also, if we have time, could you fix my lips? They're looking very fishlike today."

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton