Example Sentences
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The creature burrows four inches below ground, secretes unusual chemicals and is blind, relying on hornlike antennas protruding from its head to find its way.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 26, 2023
Giraffes “hit sideways with their head and neck,” instead of head on, Dr. Solounias said, clobbering each other with their bony, hornlike ossicones.
From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2022
His father taught him to play the karnay, a long, hornlike instrument, and he joined an ensemble of traditional musicians.
From Washington Post • Nov. 17, 2019
In her luxurious, hornlike voice, we can hear the woman Claire once was, and all the dark roads she’s travelled since, while hoping against hope that someone would find her beautiful, irreplaceable, different. ♦
From The New Yorker • Apr. 27, 2015
He takes Hassan’s hand first, strokes the palm with one hornlike fingernail, round and round, round and round.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
