Example Sentences

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Living in nomadic groups, the men use handmade bows and arrows to hunt Cape buffalo, baboons and the rodent-like hyrax.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

Among them were small, rodent-like mammals belonging to the genus Cimolodon.

From Science Daily • Apr. 27, 2026

Zanaughtti posts Instagram shots of herself under the handle @uglyworldwide in which she may sport rodent-like buck teeth and pincushion-spiked hair in addition to creatively beating her mug.

From Salon • Sep. 4, 2023

Why is “squab” a delicious entree but a “pigeon” a rodent-like nuisance?

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2022

She had a shock of bright pink hair and a sharp, rodent-like face, with big sunglasses that were practically air-force goggles.

From Little Brother by Doctorow, Cory