Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

The results were visible and obvious: The control plates were nearly barren, but those with the norepinephrine bloomed with bacteria that filigreed in frostlike patterns.

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2015

On the unwounded streets of Brussels, occupation imposes its frostlike patterns of order.

From Time Magazine Archive

The pony’s tracks were plain enough, dragging through the frostlike dew on the young grass, tired tracks with little lines between them where the hoofs had dragged.

From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck

Beyond the chasm-like gorge he saw presently on the high ascent opposite footprints that had broken the light frostlike coating of ice on the dead leaves and moss—climbing footprints, swift, disordered.

From The Phantoms Of The Foot-Bridge 1895 by Frost, A. B. (Arthur Burdett)

The early grasses, too, with their frostlike bloom, contribute something very welcome to the breath of June.

From The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers by Burroughs, John