Example Sentences

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Her characters are anonymous, shadowlike creatures who seem to take turns living first in feverish madness, then in tiresome mediocrity.

From Time Magazine Archive

Everything had gone all right, I thought, until Estraven had appeared shadowlike at my side last night.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

Noiselessly the troop of barefooted Arabs moved shadowlike through the lofty halls and corridors.

From The Young Carthaginian A Story of The Times of Hannibal by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

Within the hotel, where the mosque lanterns glowed, one might catch a glimpse of the heads of dancers gliding shadowlike.

From Brood of the Witch-Queen by Rohmer, Sax

At first all the boys could see were dark, shadowlike objects in the water that, after remaining under the glare of the lights, suddenly dashed away in the gloom.

From Three Boys in the Wild North Land by Laughlin, J. E.