knifelike
Example Sentences
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The knifelike, chest-high vegetation that gives new resonance to the term “blades of grass.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025
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
Bloated royalty offers plenty of succulent targets for Downie’s knifelike pen.
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2018
Aimee felt tears burning behind her eyes and that sharp, knifelike twinge in her throat that always signaled a flood of tears.
From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin
