almond-shaped
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Adjacent to the entombed Griffin Warrior’s wrist was a carved and gold-tipped agate, almond-shaped and just 1.3 inches in length, here making its public debut outside Europe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2025
Those with the distinctive almond-shaped eyes caused by Down syndrome may have relatively ordinary skeletons, for example.
From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2024
Researchers have found several brain regions involved in PTSD, including the almond-shaped amygdala that regulates fear, and the hippocampus, a critical hub for processing memories and routing them throughout the brain.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 10, 2024
This small, almond-shaped area of the brain located near your ears detects salience, or the emotional relevance of a situation and how to react to it.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2023
She has long tumbling brown hair and almond-shaped eyes that are popping out of her head at the sight of me.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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