manlike

Example Sentences

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Back at the Walmart museum, visitors were trying to work through their thoughts on the manlike figure in front of them.

From Washington Post • Nov. 25, 2022

Nonetheless, Dahl then told Arnold that the saucers were piloted by manlike beings made visible by A-bomb radiation.

From Washington Post • Oct. 12, 2016

It was partly human, beyond a doubt, with very manlike hands and head, and the goatish, chinless face had the stamp of the Whateleys upon it.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2013

The art critic Harold Rosenberg called them “golem-like,” a reference to the manlike creature of Jewish folklore created from inanimate matter.

From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2010

Before my disbelieving eyes, the particles weave together, coalescing into large, manlike shapes with grasping hands and holes for eyes.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir