Example Sentences

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Beneath the platform was a saddle-like device on which Lloyd sat, on a pipe about four and a half feet high, based on a black cloth.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2021

The beetles, in turn, cautious of their riders demanding riders, have evolved saddle-like pouches in which to carry the fungus and feed them during the ride.

From Scientific American • Feb. 20, 2012

If the sum is more than 180 degrees, we say that the space is spherelike, or positively curved; if it is less than 180 degrees, we say that it is saddle-like, or negatively curved.

From Scientific American • Mar. 4, 2011

Clypeate constriction: applied when a surface is drawn in from the sides so as to produce a shield or saddle-like form.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

There a saddle-like hollow intersects the road, traversing it from side to side.

From The Death Shot A Story Retold by Reid, Mayne