knifelike
Example Sentences
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Getting to those seeds isn’t easy, even for a bird with a knifelike beak.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 31, 2021
Jackhammers, roaring buses, women striding into traffic, knifelike in their high, sharp heels, past windows full of faces, products, bright admonishments, light, and dust.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 8, 2019
About this Diahann Carroll says “smart girl”—only two words, but in their knifelike dispatch they’re a highly potent commentary.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 8, 2018
Bloated royalty offers plenty of succulent targets for Downie’s knifelike pen.
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2018
And yet, when finally she stopped, she merely stopped, without the painful, knifelike intakes of breath that usually follow a violent outburst-inburst.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
