whiplike
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Using super-resolution fluorescence and electron microscopes, the researchers observed a detailed sequence of events involving a stiff shaft and a flexible, whiplike filament that starts out coiled around it within the nematocyst.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 14, 2022
One had a whiplike antenna that would hit him as he ran.
From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2022
And like the Red Sox ace, deGrom has the advantage of long arms, “and a whiplike action in his delivery,” Manager Mickey Callaway said.
From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2019
Instead, the tail in amber is whiplike and flexible, bending in several places at once.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 8, 2016
Before the axe could make contact, a whiplike willow branch smacked the weapon out of Sigurd’s hand.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
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