Example Sentences

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They spin a variety of amazing webs, from the typical orb web, with its hub-and-spoke pattern, to funnel-like tube webs and sheet webs that can drape over an entire landscape like a shroud.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

With its narrow and funnel-like paths, the grounds of Roland Garros are frequently congested and it is often slow to move from court to court.

From Washington Times • Apr. 21, 2023

But this part of southern Wyoming — where the Rocky Mountains drop down in elevation, creating a funnel-like effect — is streaked with thick veins of dark blue.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2022

“I bought a Shewee and peed in bottles,” former Everett driver Sosha Kjolso said in an interview, referring to the funnel-like female urinating device.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 25, 2021

I closed my eyes and in my mind I could see the funnel-like entrance of the hole, and the sharp slanting points of the nails.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls