Example Sentences

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The inverted bags, filled with air, have a gentle, plumelike softness.

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2011

The rich plushy, plumelike branches grow in regular whorls around the trunk, and on the topmost whorls, standing erect, are the large, beautiful cones.

From Steep Trails California, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, the Grand Canyon by Muir, John

The male is generally of a fine glossy black color, with long, loose, white, plumelike feathers in the wings and tail.

From The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa by Badlam, Anna B.

The business of the traveller, however, is to tramp on in the sun and the sand, with an eye to the compass and giving no heed to evanishing gleams of fairy lakes and plumelike palms.

From Quaint Courtships by Howells, William Dean

Its dignity, simplicity and beautiful plumelike foliage place it in a class of its own.

From Gardening Indoors and Under Glass A Practical Guide to the Planting, Care and Propagation of House Plants, and to the Construction and Management of Hotbed, Coldframe and Small Greenhouse by Rockwell, F. F. (Frederick Frye)