Example Sentences

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Built in the form of an oval and clad in floor-to-ceiling concave windows that give the façade a petal-like outline, the structure frames striking views of Denver’s downtown.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2022

Like the calla lily, to which it is related, the corpse flower consists of a baguette-shaped structure, the spadix, surrounded by a big petal-like skirt, known as the spathe.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 1, 2016

Jessica Paré of “Mad Men” was the picture of old-time glamour in a black Lanvin dress with a beaded bodice and a skirt, also petal-like.

From New York Times • Aug. 25, 2014

In several ensembles the models’ head disappeared in the voluminous, petal-like muslin ruffles.

From Salon • Jul. 3, 2012

When I was little, Mom used to point out patterns in the subway stations, the petal-like clusters of white tiles, six around one black.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari