hawk
noun
any of numerous birds of prey of the family Accipitridae, having a short, hooked beak, broad wings, and curved talons, often seen circling or swooping at low altitudes.
hawklike
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a word derived from
hawk.
Example Sentences
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The craft beeped awake, arched its hawklike shoulders, and whined off into the valley.
From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2024
Tom Wilson’s reality is that he is watched, hawklike, by every NHL authority — both official and self-appointed.
From Washington Post ● May 4, 2021
Mourdock is a fit 60-year-old man, average height, with thick eyebrows hovering over a hawklike nose.
From Slate ● Feb. 11, 2012
He never married, lived with his mother until her death, employed the same personal secretary for almost his entire career and seemed to have no interests outside of his hawklike devotion to his work.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 9, 2011
A little owl with a slightly flattened, hawklike head peered down at them from one of the branches.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
