Example Sentences

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Like how the Wolpertinger, a rabbitlike creature, hangs out in the forests of Bavaria, or that the earliest report of Nessie’s existence dates back to the seventh century.

From Slate • Dec. 7, 2018

The Mountaineers, a climbing club based in Seattle, has been training dozens of its members on how to identify pika, rabbitlike mammals with Mickey Mouse ears that live in alpine environments.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 7, 2017

Anteaters, hedgehoglike animals called tenrecs, and rabbitlike hyraxes are doing fine, but gaurs, sloth bears, Bactrian camels, and bearded pigs are not.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 18, 2016

But his natural sense of tempo is the opposite: determined, rabbitlike.

From New York Times • Aug. 25, 2014

After watching for a while until I caught an instant when every head was turned away from me, I darted, rabbitlike, into the cave.

From Pellucidar by Burroughs, Edgar Rice