Example Sentences

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But there was Nidetch smiling at me, with big owl-like glasses and a blond bouffant, holding a piece of cake she clearly had no intention of eating.

From The Guardian • Apr. 18, 2020

There is an owl-like virtuosity to it, silent, unassuming—but deadly.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 12, 2017

“It gets you to learn about your surroundings,” said 59-year-old Cheryl DiMarzio, who on the advice of her daughter ventured into an urban park to capture an owl-like Pidgey and some purple rodent Rattatas.

From Washington Times • Jul. 25, 2016

Three boys find a tiny owl-like space alien in the desert and protect it in this nod to “E.T.”

From Washington Post • Dec. 31, 2014

The fireplace had been sealed off with a board, and where the fire would have been, there was a picture, woven like a tapestry, of a strange owl-like bird staring out at you.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro