Example Sentences

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Kigali, not far from the wall-like cobbles of Kwe Mutwe, I felt the hair on my arms stand up.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

For a day trip, visit the Columbia River Gorge, where autumn’s maple-heavy displays frame sheer, wall-like basalt cliffs and numerous waterfalls and line the vast Columbia River.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 12, 2022

Finally, there are circumvallate papillae, which are wall-like papillae in the shape of an inverted “V” at the back of the tongue.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

The researchers then presented the quartet with a video game in which the pigs had to use the joystick to manoeuvre a cursor until it collided with one of four wall-like structures on screen.

From The Guardian • Feb. 11, 2021

We followed Enoch around to the back of the sideshow, where its wall-like facade gave way to a big, flimsy tent.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs