A long, chilling, almost animal-like scream of pain.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hard Frost]

Tomkin laughed harshly, humourlessly, an animal-like sound.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ninja]

Katje pantominned it in a swift, curiously animal-like burlesque.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Guilty Thing Surprised]

A piercing, animal-like wail of agony drew her back to the window.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hard Frost]

These cells are called zoöspores, from their animal-like movements.    From Wordnik.com.  [Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses] Reference

Saidu said nodiing, but he licked his lips involuntarily, animal-like.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Conan Chronicles]

And so, you know, in his own animal-like way, he feels regret for that.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 21, 2005] Reference

There was something wild and animal-like about the grace of her attitude.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hippodrome] Reference

They slept much of the time and often did nothing, in animal-like torpor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tunnel In The Sky]

She turned upon him, animal-like, able to strike an effectual second blow.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sister Carrie] Reference

Saidu said nothing, but he licked his thick lips involuntarily, animal-like.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bloody Crown of Conan]

"You are a large, strong, handsome-looking fellow, " she said, 'very animal-like.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cinnamon Roll] Reference

He was deeply mortified, and hung his head with a kind of animal-like humiliation.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp] Reference

  It seemed an important detail, that the male organ got all warm and animal-like.    From Wordnik.com.  [One by One] Reference

Both hands were raised to his face, and his cries were wordless, animal-like bleats.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blood of Amber]

Zerena had gone ahead and Karsen was able to navigate it with animal-like confidence.    From Wordnik.com.  [Darkness of the Light] Reference

Women of color are caricatured with animal-like qualities -- or as non-hygienic slobs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jackson Katz: Dennis Kucinich Endorses Hustler] Reference

I have since become imbued with certain vigors of, shall we say, an animal-like power.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conan the Fearless]

And I got some more of the animal-like barette things and I will - not - lose them this time.    From Wordnik.com.  [everything that's good is gone] Reference

After the good-night to my neighbour, I tumbled into my straw and slept soundly, animal-like.    From Wordnik.com.  [Green Mansions] Reference

"The poor hair cuts in America, the enthusiasm for sports, the animal-like mixing of the sexes.".    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 18, 2007] Reference

There was something animal-like, ghoulish even, in his clutching haste; yet it was pitiable, too.    From Wordnik.com.  [Joyce's Investments A Story for Girls] Reference

I was talking on the phone earlier when all of a sudden I hear these animal-like screeching noises.    From Wordnik.com.  [missfickles Diary Entry] Reference

They live simple, animal-like lives, holed up in desert caves, and they're rarely communicative in any way.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rebels of the Red Planet] Reference

Colleagues say Mr. Zelaya is disorganized and lacks formal education but has animal-like political instincts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Behind the Honduran Mutiny] Reference

This grape-sized relative of the giant amoeba leaves an animal-like trail as it rolls itself along the seabed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wired Top Stories] Reference

"The movement was beautiful and extra-human, almost animal-like," says Shelley Eshkar, one of the group's members.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Art of Parkour: Capturing Extreme Jump Shots] Reference

When she heard the news, she tweeted her animal-like reaction of only two letters and a lot of exclamation points.    From Wordnik.com.  [In light of Kanye West's tweeted apology, we look at ways celebs use Twitter] Reference

This, combined with his heavy fur cloak, gave him an animal-like appearance which had dominated my first impression.    From Wordnik.com.  [Myth Conceptions]

He was sitting in a chair with headphones on and when he stood up and yawned this loud, animal-like yowl, it scared me.    From Wordnik.com.  [help me help me help me, thank you thank you thank you] Reference

The animal-like round of unvarying drudgery sapped the will and drained the mind, leaving the rowers soulless automata.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conan]

Beth watched them for a little with the same animal-like expressionless gravity of countenance, then moved off unconcernedly.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius] Reference

In contrast, the idea of being an animal -- with genuinely animal-like movement, skills and behavior -- is really compelling.    From Wordnik.com.  [Animals Have Instincts, Too] Reference

He could see animals, or animal-like creatures, dressed in period finery, approaching him as he convulsed in pain on the floor.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Dirty Job HTML]

He turned on her a pair of wonderful dark eyes, which were animal-like in their simple, direct appeal, and their moist softness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Master of His Fate] Reference

After his first demands he now began to vent a series of animal-like groans as though the breath had been knocked from his body.    From Wordnik.com.  [An American Tragedy] Reference

He took up the bottle of absinthe and drank from it, swallowing the burning liquid with animal-like gulps that made Elsie shudder.    From Wordnik.com.  [Little Lost Sister] Reference

Far above them on the bank near the falls and on the other side of the river, stood the crouched-up, animal-like figure of -- the "Thing!".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Outdoor Girls at Wild Rose Lodge Or, the hermit of Moonlight falls] Reference