She rubbed the exposed hand affectionately, purring her drill-like purr.    From Wordnik.com.  [COG-WORK CAT • by Joyce Chng] Reference

An STX is drill-like in nature, but it is more complex and flexible than a drill.    From Wordnik.com.  [FM 7-85 Glossary]

Kingdon (1997) argued that the skull morphology of the drill-mangabeys indicates that they are dwarfed, short-faced descendants of large drill-like ancestors.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-06-01] Reference

At the first of many abrupt stops on our drive through the West Bank the women, in silent, drill-like fashion, get out of the car, swiftly unpack white flags with "Machsom Watch" printed on them and attach the flags to the car windows.    From Wordnik.com.  [Amy York Rubin: If Israel's New Government Won't, Maybe the People Will: The Checkpoint Women] Reference

The mouth is located at the tip of an enormously long snout, or proboscis, and the drill-like instrument is used for puncturing the thick covering of various kinds of nuts so as to admit the egg into the kernel upon which the young will feed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting New York City, September 3, 4 and 5, 1924] Reference

The university, still hoping to get the boy, invited the whole Kolff family to Birmingham to see one of the less-important football games, Alabama versus Tennessee, and during the first half of his first American contest Dieter did get excited by the drill-like precision of the teams, but what happened at half-time killed both the event and any chance young Magnus had to play with that band.    From Wordnik.com.  [Space]

Shino countered by making a drill-like weapon with insects.    From Wordnik.com.  [AnimeBlogger.net Antenna] Reference

The early dentists used a drill-like device with a hard stone such as obsidian, which is capable of puncturing bone.    From Wordnik.com.  [National Geographic News] Reference

And poking his drill-like snout into the earth, he drew forth a huge angleworm, which quickly disappeared down his throat.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Tale of Grandfather Mole] Reference

His drill-like nose, his powerful fore-legs and big, strong feet all served to make him the fastest digger in Pleasant Valley.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Tale of Grandfather Mole] Reference

Then they coaxed the drill-like tips of a frazing machine across the wood, etching intricate flower and vine carvings in a matter of seconds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boston.com Top Stories] Reference

Whole-language Instruction An approach to the teaching of reading that emphasizes the joy of good literature and avoids drill-like instructions in letter sounds.    From Wordnik.com.  [GraniteGrok] Reference

"While it may be harder during practice to switch between tasks … you end up remembering the tasks better later than you do if you engage in this drill-like practice," Winstein said.    From Wordnik.com.  [innovations-report] Reference

While I did my homework in the kitchen I heard Milton’s resonant, drill-like voice saying, “Socrates: ‘There seem to be two causes of the deterioration of the arts.’.    From Wordnik.com.  [Middlesex]

1 hr 51 min ago, -0 / +2They used obsidian drill-like devices, it says in the story.    From Wordnik.com.  [digg.com: Stories / Popular] Reference