Example Sentences

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Bespectacled and rotund, Mr. Zuccotti seemed owlishly solemn.

From New York Times • Nov. 20, 2015

“Oh, dear me, how unspeakably funny and owlishly idiotic and grotesque was that “plagiarism” farce!” he wrote to Keller of the scandal.

From Forbes • Jul. 8, 2015

It wedged ecstatic improvised blues choruses inside an owlishly clever composition; improvisation and composition, it symbolised everything Brubeck believed in.

From The Guardian • Dec. 6, 2012

The family consists of his second wife, Marta, an owlishly bespectacled and beaky Mexican soprano who now directs operas for the companies Domingo runs, and their two sons.

From The Guardian • Jul. 17, 2010

Bull Sparra blinked owlishly at them and yawned in their faces.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques