Example Sentences

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Another, represented by a robotlike avatar and the username UncleTuskle, said that “as a person with social phobia, it’s easier for me to be here” than in a physical church.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 31, 2022

A likely next step is that our current machines will become more robotlike.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2018

The code merely represents a formalization of the business logic that once may have been previously done by hand with a pen, paper, and a calculator according to stereotyped, even robotlike business procedures and rules.

From Slate • May 20, 2015

The old-fashioned, pole-mounted meter will now yield to the robotlike Meter of Tomorrow: a solar-powered box, equipped with Wi-Fi, that can handle eight parking spaces at once and can shut itself down on free-parking Sundays.

From New York Times • Sep. 19, 2011

Then she stood up, put her jacket back on with the same robotlike movements, and left.

From "The Stranger" by Albert Camus