winglike
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of winglike
Example Sentences
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DART, a car-sized box with two winglike solar panels, will soon be heading toward a binary asteroid system.
From Scientific American • Nov. 18, 2021
Saarinen’s concrete structure, with its soaring, winglike vaulted roof, its huge fields of glass, and its thrilling interior curves, cantilevers and airy mezzanines, is one of the great buildings of the past century.
From Washington Post • Jun. 12, 2019
By flapping its winglike elastic fins, it can steer itself through an obstacle course, guided through the twists and turns by following a blue light that selectively activates the muscle cells.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 7, 2016
Frank Whipple, 93, whose whimsical paintings of nuns wearing the winglike headdresses of the Daughters of Charity found favor with a host of Hollywood celebrities, died on Wednesday, June 8, in Los Angeles.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 1, 2016
Her hands flutter winglike, all of us hypnotized as she pulls notes forth from us as if spinning lace-weight yam.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
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