Example Sentences

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Imagine the dishes: each a jewellike concoction of precious ingredients marinated, spiced and sauced, passed from jeweled hand to jeweled hand.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 24, 2022

As the sun warms their wings for the first time, these jewellike insects zero in on a single goal: generating the next brood.

From Scientific American • Mar. 22, 2021

The jewellike stories in this collection offer funny, shrewd, wistful glimpses of life, along the lines of Lorrie Moore or Deborah Eisenberg.

From Slate • Dec. 16, 2020

The same color tile can be jewellike in a gloss finish and earthy in a matte finish, explained New York designer Phillip Thomas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 18, 2016

It yawned, opening its mouth so wide that Jeremy could no longer see the jewellike eyes.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville