needle-shaped
Example Sentences
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People who lived and worked in Libby breathed in the microscopic needle-shaped asbestos fibers that can cause the lung cancer mesothelioma or lung scarring called asbestosis, the lawsuit argues.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 7, 2024
So Tarduno went searching for rocks of the right age containing tiny, needle-shaped crystals of the mineral titanomagnetite, which record the magnetic field’s strength at the time of their crystallization.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 30, 2022
These are evergreen coniferous trees like pines, spruce, and fir, which retain their needle-shaped leaves year-round.
From Textbooks ● Sep. 6, 2018
In his research, Schwarcz says, he has never seen anything suggesting bone minerals are structured into curved, needle-shaped crystals.
From Scientific American ● May 3, 2018
Would those short, wide, duck-like beaks ever become the needle-shaped probers of flowers?
From Upon The Tree-Tops by Miller, Olive Thorne
