Example Sentences

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Sea horses gazed at me from dried, unseeing eye sockets, their snoutlike mouths frozen in a macabre O! of surprise.

From Slate • Nov. 9, 2018

Searching for an explanation, the biologists discovered that the puncture weed is peculiarly susceptible to a particular European pest called the puncture-vine weevil�a quarter-inch brownish beetle with a snoutlike head.

From Time Magazine Archive

“M-Master Regulus took from his pocket a locket like the one the Dark Lord had,” said Kreacher, tears pouring down either side of his snoutlike nose.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

Mostly he smoothed out her nose to be longer and more snoutlike, elongated her body a bit, and added a tail.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

He would have found Kreacher, with his snoutlike nose and bloodshot eyes, a distinctly unlovable object even if the elf had not betrayed Sirius to Voldemort.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling