manlike
Example Sentences
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Soon thereafter, the teenage Helen, who lives on a farm nearby, glimpses something manlike in the weeds, repeatedly lurching forward and falling over, then rising up again.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2023
Back at the Walmart museum, visitors were trying to work through their thoughts on the manlike figure in front of them.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 25, 2022
It was partly human, beyond a doubt, with very manlike hands and head, and the goatish, chinless face had the stamp of the Whateleys upon it.
From Salon ● Apr. 11, 2013
The art critic Harold Rosenberg called them “golem-like,” a reference to the manlike creature of Jewish folklore created from inanimate matter.
From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2010
Before my disbelieving eyes, the particles weave together, coalescing into large, manlike shapes with grasping hands and holes for eyes.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
