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hornlike

ADJECTIVE
pertaining to horn
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The creature burrows four inches below ground, secretes unusual chemicals and is blind, relying on hornlike antennas protruding from its head to find its way.

From Seattle Times Jul. 26, 2023

The hornlike formation protruding from young adults these days, a scientist told The Post, is “a portent of something nasty going on elsewhere.”

From Washington Post Jun. 21, 2019

In her luxurious, hornlike voice, we can hear the woman Claire once was, and all the dark roads she’s travelled since, while hoping against hope that someone would find her beautiful, irreplaceable, different. ♦

From The New Yorker Apr. 27, 2015

Her austere piano ballad, with Mr. West’s voice computer-tuned into a melody, gives way to a dirge driven by repeated hornlike notes.

From New York Times Jun. 16, 2013

He takes Hassan’s hand first, strokes the palm with one hornlike finger­nail, round and round, round and round.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini




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