Example Sentences

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The asteroid that exterminated the dinosaurs about 66 million years ago left mostly smaller creatures in its wake, from rodentlike insect eaters to beaver-size herbivores.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 30, 2022

The exact shape of the jawbone of this rodentlike creature — arrived at using CT scans and 3-D printing — has persuaded many scientists that it was not, after all, a mammal.

From New York Times • Nov. 16, 2015

Dinosaurs may have dominated the planet during the Jurassic Period, but they shared the landscape with little rodentlike creatures.

From Scientific American • Feb. 13, 2015

This four- to 12-pound rodentlike species is one of the closest relatives to — nothing could prepare you for this — elephants.

From Washington Post

He raised his upper lip, giving himself a rodentlike face, and spit a thin stream of Coke between his front teeth.

From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli