whiplike
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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One had a whiplike antenna that would hit him as he ran.
From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2022
Instead, the tail in amber is whiplike and flexible, bending in several places at once.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 8, 2016
Hence the children’s Sanskrit names and their long, whiplike tails of hair, which their father, stirring a bit of Sikh tradition into his ad-hoc doctrine, didn’t let them cut.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 24, 2015
They found that both pitchers and quarterbacks planted their feet, rotated their hips and upper trunks, and flipped their shoulders forward, creating a whiplike motion.
From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2013
They have long, arching, whiplike tails, whitish fur on the chest, and cream-colored fur on the back.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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