Sparky lowered his spade-shaped head to the ground and sniffed. From Wordnik.com. [Sparks] Reference
The wind moved, blowing about large, spade-shaped leaves and long, fuzzy tendrils. From Wordnik.com. [Legacy] Reference
Most of the trees had pale green bark and large spade-shaped leaves of bright orange. From Wordnik.com. [Galaxy Jane]
The teeth of a porpoise are spade-shaped, whereas the teeth of the dolphin are conical. From Wordnik.com. [Dolphins and Porpoises] Reference
The spade-shaped wooden leaf was dark - stained on the bottom, and polished as smooth as silk. From Wordnik.com. [Flint the King]
Sean was older now with new lines in his face, and the beard he wore was square and spade-shaped. From Wordnik.com. [When the Lion Feeds]
Sir Marcus, who had caught a brief glimpse from his seat at the bedside, grinned in his spade-shaped beard. From Wordnik.com. [Sick Cycle Carousel] Reference
The other, obviously older, with salt-and-pepper hair and a spade-shaped beard, was a cure of no little rank. From Wordnik.com. [beneath an opal moon]
His build was athletic, his brow clear and wide, his jaw forthright and spade-shaped, and his manner confident. From Wordnik.com. [Sagittarius Whorl]
He was an evil-looking old man with a patch over one eye and a small white spade-shaped beard and unshaven cheeks. From Wordnik.com. [My Shipmate—Columbus] Reference
The dugout, partially filled with water, floated low in the river, just the spade-shaped bow fully above the surface. From Wordnik.com. [Cold Mountain]
Its sharp, strong, single spade-shaped end scarifies efficiently with less resistance than a wide hoe or a multi-tined tool. From Wordnik.com. [Seasonal gardening gifts: Where innovation meets practicality] Reference
Spikes ran down its long, spade-shaped tail and continued up the dragon's entire length, ending at the base of the horned skull. From Wordnik.com. [Kendermore]
Here they are, clockwise from top left: Great-grandfather William Pearson, who was barely 52 years old, with his elegantly groomed, spade-shaped beard. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-03-01] Reference
Later, it'll be a pack of nine needles, to darken the line; later still, a spade-shaped array of as many as 15 needles, a magnum, shading the bird's wings and underbelly. From Wordnik.com. [The rise and rise of the tattoo] Reference
The spade-shaped metal ends of the irons were blackened by use; the scalpel blades were weathered to a soft glow, but the sharp edges gleamed, a hairbreadth of bright silver. From Wordnik.com. [A Breath of Snow and Ashes]
All I was aware of was a huge trunk of a man behind a mahogany desk, with a great spade-shaped black beard and two large grey eyes half covered with insolent drooping eyelids. From Wordnik.com. [When The World Screamed]
Laminoff made a deprecating gesture with a spade-shaped hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Fashion in Shrouds]
Smooth-leaf spinach has flat, unwrinkled spade-shaped leaves. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
"I meant spade-shaped -- the spade that you see on a pack of cards.". From Wordnik.com. [Dead Man's Land Being the Voyage to Zimbambangwe of certain and uncertain] Reference
As it is spade-shaped, the foot is an ideal tool for digging into the bottom sediments. From Wordnik.com. [Featured Articles - Encyclopedia of Earth] Reference
Dhinkia (Orissa): It is a simple, spade-shaped, green leaf that stands between the South. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Myanmar's generals plow a rich furrow] Reference
The principal weapon of the warriors was the bow, and a sort of spade-shaped club of hard wood. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon] Reference
Two small spade-shaped fibulae at shoulders; bronze buckle, knife, and fragments of iron at hips. From Wordnik.com. [Archaeologia, or, Miscellaneous tracts relating to antiquity [microform]] Reference
It suddenly appeared to become aware of him and raised its flat, spade-shaped head above its coils. From Wordnik.com. [The Ocean Wireless Boys And The Naval Code] Reference
"Let's see, I've heard something about that before: poisonous snakes have a spade-shaped head, haven't they?". From Wordnik.com. [First in the Field A Story of New South Wales] Reference
Though this word sounds like gland, the slightly bulbous, spade-shaped head of the clitoral shaft isn't a gland at all. From Wordnik.com. [open source sex] Reference
He was a large man with a spade-shaped beard; his forehead was narrow, and owed its appearance of height to incipient baldness; his eyes were small and shrewd. From Wordnik.com. [Thyrza] Reference
"the money goes, Don Gode?" said the cure with the spade-shaped beard. From Wordnik.com. [beneath an opal moon]
How will he sit down with the spade-shaped tail?. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » ThinkFast: January 5, 2007] Reference
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