troughlike

Example Sentences

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At Oliver Nurseries, the alpines and plants that favor troughlike conditions are a small part of the vast offerings, as they have been since the nursery opened nearly 60 years ago.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 9, 2023

“The Hunt”: A bummer, plunks along in narcotized, subterranean fashion, recalling the more troughlike passages of Big Star’s Sister Lovers.

From Slate • Sep. 21, 2012

The Japanese maglev sits in a low, troughlike guideway, paved with two rows of metal boxes containing aluminum coils.

From Time Magazine Archive

Toiling through sand ankle-deep, the traveler plods across the edge of the plains, through troughlike valleys, and up the wooded slope of the Mesa de los Jumanos.

From The Round-Up A romance of Arizona novelized from Edmund Day's melodrama by Day, Edmund

The smoke of their camp fire drifted down the troughlike valley from their encampment.

From The Young Alaskans on the Missouri by Hough, Emerson