Example Sentences

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Usually about an hour later, the female will search for a tender tree branch, slice into it with her swordlike ovipositor, and lay eggs in the space.

From Washington Post • Apr. 1, 2021

Ignoring that, she painted a pineapple plant from her memory of being in the fields — a budding fruit guarded like a queen by its threatening wreath of swordlike leaves and fire-colored dirt.

From New York Times • May 24, 2018

Its spiky, swordlike blades of foliage are a unique blend of deep green, yellow and orange, morphing to scarlet in autumn.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 7, 2016

Caplan is here for a sausage-making class, and, a little later, she is introduced to the Dickeron, a swordlike knife-sharpening contraption.

From Time • Aug. 29, 2014

Penelope looked around but saw only moss, trees, and some lovely specimens of the common but ruggedly attractive swashbuckler fern, with its long, swordlike fronds and thick stems that were sturdy as peg legs.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood