Example Sentences

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Towering redwoods and lanky jungle vines hoist water from the soil to their lofty leaves through a tubelike tissue called the xylem.

From Scientific American • Jan. 27, 2023

When an adult wasp locates ash borer eggs or larvae, it uses a tubelike organ called an ovipositor to deposit its babies.

From Washington Post • Mar. 23, 2022

When the landmark structure finally reopens, travelers can use it to get to the JetBlue terminal via the old tubelike walkways.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2018

Nephridia are tubelike excretory structures that filter body fluid.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2018

The wooden floor of the room had expanded to a spread of cellular surface, ridged with broken, tubelike tunnels; pits and jagged cave-mouths.

From Beyond the Vanishing Point by Cummings, Ray