owl-like
- a word derived from owl.
Example Sentences
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Sam Ferrer, 25, an illustrator based in the New York metropolitan area, wears golden, owl-like spectacles just like her avatar, Lil Nihilist.
From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2022
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
And the wide-eyed, owl-like porgs that populate Luke’s island seem reverse-engineered to elicit immediate puppy love in the audience.
From Washington Post • Dec. 12, 2017
There is an owl-like virtuosity to it, silent, unassuming—but deadly.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 12, 2017
In her Practical Forensics class, she and the teacher, this little owl-like man, Doctor Balaguer, get into the longest discussions.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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