Example Sentences

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In general, predatory birds have more advanced handlike skills than those that feed on grains, fruits, worms, or small insects.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 15, 2023

One day, the tiny gray pinheads of mushrooms were beginning to emerge from a 2-inch cut in a bag of sawdust; the next, they were huge, scalloped, handlike lobes.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 7, 2021

In winter's house there's a childasleep in a dream of light that grows outof the dark, a flame you can hold in your handlike a flower or a torch on the street.

From The Guardian • Dec. 18, 2010

The handlike skeletons under the lace mantilla were made of resin.

From Time Magazine Archive

The tree line did follow a handlike pattern, if you squinted...and ignored the fact that there were only three fingers.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley