ribbonlike
- a word derived from ribbon.
Example Sentences
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When Dr. Caron stuck several of the newly gained specimens under a high-powered scanning microscope, he spotted a ribbonlike structure studded with recurved teeth on both sides, like the business end of a chain saw.
From New York Times • Sep. 20, 2022
A magnificent field of purple lupines unrolled into a sprawling lavender carpet, which extended to a ribbonlike river that curled around the hotel.
From Washington Post • Jul. 7, 2022
But the ancient ribbonlike tail feathers are fundamentally different, with a shaft that’s more like a half-cylinder, flattened and open on one side.
From Science Magazine • Dec. 14, 2018
As with Moore, too, these passages are almost impossible to quote effectively: they are made of superlong, ribbonlike sentences distributed across white space, often broken against their syntax by an inflexible line.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 21, 2016
A day's journey took them out of the forest proper into a rocky region of sparse vegetation from which they could see the river winding ribbonlike in the distance.
From Tom Slade with the Boys Over There by Owen, R. Emmett (Robert Emmett)
