Etymology
Origin of starlike
Example Sentences
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The study begins to probe a bigger evolutionary question: How did the sea star and its equally-strange echinoderm siblings develop their unique starlike symmetry?
From Scientific American ● Nov. 3, 2023
A pitch-black background is speckled with thousands of distinct lights, some starlike in their brilliance, others smudgy, and still others smaller than pinpoints.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 12, 2022
He took the tradition of throwing salt into the oven farther, making it part of his seasoning process, and he shaped the dough differently, wrinkling it so it puffed into soft, starlike tips.
From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2022
The researchers recorded Ćwiek saying the two words aloud, and asked participants to choose whether a pointy, starlike shape or a blobby, cloudlike shape best matched each recording.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 14, 2021
The skin of his face turned yellowish, with brilliant starlike red speckles.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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