Example Sentences

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The NIRSpec has an innovative mask with nearly 250,000 slitlike microshutters, each about the width of a human hair, that operators can open to let light through at specific locations.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 11, 2021

The Clarity FC is a four-door sedan and is the same size as a Honda Accord, but it features more futuristic touches including slitlike headlamps, a sloping roofline and angular taillamps.

From New York Times • May 18, 2017

Harry could tell that Voldemort had not expected Dumbledore to know this name; he saw Voldemort’s eyes flash red again and the slitlike nostrils flare.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

Nor could they note the change from an expression of startled surprise to slitlike, venomous points of fire that took place in the eyes of the listening girl—nor the clenching fists.

From The Gun-Brand by Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)

Ten days old: All young of this age have their eyes open, but not to their fullest extent, and the eyes are still slitlike in appearance.

From Aspects of Reproduction and Development in the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) by Fitch, Henry S.