treelike
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- non-treelike adjective
- treelikeness noun
Example Sentences
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There was a little scarring — where the narrow treelike branches of the airways got stretched out and baggy in what was called bronchiectasis.
From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2023
The shores near the river’s mouth have long been sculpted by the incoming and outgoing tides, which have left branching treelike patterns imprinted in the sands.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2023
There are also oddities like the sculpted head of treelike Marvel superhero Groot, which won her father and fellow mosaic artist Steve Morgan, a prize at Yakima’s Central City Comic Con a few years ago.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 16, 2022
Vin Diesel’s performance in “The Iron Giant” spoke to the qualities she wanted to highlight in the treelike being from the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise who famously only pronounces, “I am Groot.”
From Washington Post • May 11, 2019
The syntax can be defective, convoluted, ambiguous; these are flaws that can be prevented by an awareness of the treelike nature of a sentence.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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