birdlike

Example Sentences

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The boy rowed out into the river, and his Togbe sat, birdlike, wrapped in his old cloth.

From Literature

From a quick scan of the room, Clara caught sight of more sheydim, their birdlike feet on full display, and creatures shuffling through the crowd, some she couldn’t identify.

From Literature

Along the stretch of bar, there were only two shadowy figures perched, both with the large, birdlike talons in place of feet that marked them as sheydim.

From Literature

An abbreviation of Archaeopteryx, a birdlike dinosaur, it started out making climbing harnesses.

From The Wall Street Journal

Beowulf’s reply rose into a birdlike squawk as Penelope seized her student firmly by the ankles and returned him to a more secure position behind the windowsill.

From Literature