Example Sentences

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On the other hand, the snail-like open system is far more efficient.

From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2023

Sometimes science advances at a snail’s pace, but in this case that’s a good thing: researchers have created a squishy material that combines polymers with liquid metal, demonstrated in a snail-like robot.

From Scientific American • Apr. 12, 2023

After 11 years of snail-like negotiations, the two governments sealed a U.S.-mediated deal Thursday in Naqoura, in south Lebanon, near the Israeli border.

From Washington Post • Oct. 27, 2022

Slate gives voice to a nerdy, nervous snail-like creature in the film, which has since spawned a bestselling children's book.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2014

Eva’s hand moved snail-like down her thigh toward her stump, but stopped short of it to realign a pleat.

From "Sula" by Toni Morrison