Example Sentences

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He has a skinny tail, too, not the rudderlike appendage of a true Lab.

From Washington Post • Oct. 4, 2020

A 36-foot round aluminum shell was suspended on a central stainless steel mast, firmly anchored and capped by a rudderlike ventilator, which turns with the wind.

From Time Magazine Archive

The earliest group comprises genera with jaws set with teeth, and with long tails sometimes provided with a rudderlike expansion at the end.

From The Elements of Geology by Norton, William Harmon

She had bleak, light-gray eyes, a rudderlike nose, and a harsh, positive way of speech that was less disagreeable than it might have been, because she so seldom spoke at all.

From The Book of Susan A Novel by Dodd, Lee Wilson