The Green brought his ugly, basket-shaped head close to Everson's face.    From Wordnik.com.  [Secret Mission Moluk]

Often, the hilt and the wielder's hand was protected by a curved or basket-shaped guard.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-08-01] Reference

She came upon a basket-shaped flower shop and, while looking up, accidentally walked right into the water.    From Wordnik.com.  [GUARDIAN OF THE VEIL] Reference

Small basket-shaped vessels with handles across the top.    From Wordnik.com.  [Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained from the Indians of New Mexico in 1880 Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 429-466] Reference

Above the basket-shaped racks porcelain slabs bore the names of the horses in black letters.    From Wordnik.com.  [Madame Bovary] Reference

She shifted her grip under the big basket-shaped hilt and stood watching the opposing point.    From Wordnik.com.  [Two Selves] Reference

It had a large, basket-shaped hilt mounting a straight, double-edged, thrusting blade designed for use by heavy cavalry.    From Wordnik.com.  [Elections - fresh news by plazoo.com] Reference

We saw big bananas, taro, with large, juicy leaves, yams, trained on a pretty basket-shaped trellis-work; when in bloom this looks like a huge bouquet.    From Wordnik.com.  [Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific] Reference

The number of ribs and rays in this basket-shaped hollow seemed to vary a good deal with different drops, as also did the number of arms and lobes seen in later figures, in a somewhat puzzling manner, and I made no attempt to select drawings which are in agreement in this respect.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Splash of a Drop] Reference

For this task she uses, besides the extraordinary variety of combs, fine loops of gilt thread or coloured paper twine, dainty bits of deliciously tinted crape - silk, delicate steel springs, and curious little basket-shaped things over which the hair is moulded into the required forms before being fixed in place.    From Wordnik.com.  [Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series] Reference

A large basket-shaped receptacle made of long willow sprouts closely woven together.    From Wordnik.com.  [Indians of the Yosemite Valley and Vicinity Their History, Customs and Traditions] Reference

Small basket-shaped vessels.    From Wordnik.com.  [Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained from the Pueblos of Zuñi, New Mexico, and Wolpi, Arizona, in 1881 Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 511-594] Reference