It was not only the efficiency of so toy-like a weapon which pleased. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Jolliffe's Boys] Reference
Standing nearly two meters tall, it nevertheless appeared almost toy-like. From Wordnik.com. [Mirage]
About ten years ago I did a series of marker drawings of little toy-like people. From Wordnik.com. [Rob Dunlavey’s Little People « Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog] Reference
Its style is toy-like, and too artificial to suit our idea of picturesque propriety. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 493, June 11, 1831] Reference
She had gotten some feeling from these inven -- there's something toy-like about them, also. From Wordnik.com. [Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time] Reference
Remained upon the wide expanse of sea only the Energon, rolling white and toy-like on the bar. From Wordnik.com. [Goliah] Reference
Sitting in her workshop with the toy-like emblems of her craft at hand she thought and thought. From Wordnik.com. [The Man Thou Gavest] Reference
Says Harvey, "We said, 'Let's make it a little more toy-like so it won't scare people completely.'". From Wordnik.com. [McDonald's Filet-O-Fish ad makes a big splash] Reference
The skycar had seemed toy-like, seen against those immense black pillars, but it grew as we neared it. From Wordnik.com. [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]
Received the replacement strings for the Ashbory bass the one with silicone strings that looks toy-like. From Wordnik.com. [wasted efforts, pain, purge, g strings, writeoff&judgement] Reference
But only the lamb came gambolling up, a toy-like creature, with a tail that frisked and whisked all the time. From Wordnik.com. [Five Get Into A Fix]
He uses these marshmallows and ping pong balls to make tinker toy-like models of the molecules he's studying. From Wordnik.com. [Molecular Mimicry: Plastic, Steel Line Up Like Kin] Reference
You know, creating consumer electronics and technology that's much more toy-like than it is sort of tool-like. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 8, 2006] Reference
I know Mini-Coopers are rather toy-like, but am I really to conclude that all Mini-Cooper owners are simpletons or babies?. From Wordnik.com. [Ed Hamilton: Mini Cooper on Cutting Edge of Silliness] Reference
Looking at the structure of the poem, you see it starts with a toy-like version of cosmology culminating in Darwin's insight. From Wordnik.com. [An Ode to ID] Reference
As he sat with the toy-like emblems before him, the holiest and strongest things of life seized upon him with terrific meaning. From Wordnik.com. [The Man Thou Gavest] Reference
The locomotives are loved for their cute, toy-like appearance, and the oldest one of them has been running for as many as 110 years-Canon. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-10-01] Reference
Much as I love GarageBand, it's toy-like in comparison. From Wordnik.com. [Macworld] Reference
Ships were sailing in and out, toy-like in the distance. From Wordnik.com. [Days Off And Other Digressions] Reference
Arabian horses, and the diminutive toy-like pony of Cashmere. From Wordnik.com. [Due West or Round the World in Ten Months] Reference
Arabian horses, and the diminutive, toy-like ponies of Cashmere. From Wordnik.com. [Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands] Reference
The houses are painted in a toy-like manner, but are neat and pretty. From Wordnik.com. [Due West or Round the World in Ten Months] Reference
FAO Schwarz has one of the coolest custom toy-like offerings I've ever seen. From Wordnik.com. [Toy Bender] Reference
The D700 is certainly professional feeling, but it's rendered toy-like by the Leica. From Wordnik.com. [News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)] Reference
David's exhibition includes a parade of bizarre toy-like characters, including papier mache. From Wordnik.com. Reference
"The iPhone is toy-like and fun - it's the opposite of the BlackBerry that way," said Lowry. From Wordnik.com. [Macworld] Reference
They just arent as toy-like as iPhones … so perhaps they dont encourage app sales as much. From Wordnik.com. [Comments for FanGraphs Baseball] Reference
A toy-like pier extending into the loch, midway from the barren shore, only heightened the desolation. From Wordnik.com. [The Bell-Ringer of Angel's] Reference
Get out at Plaza Mayor and watch the changing of the guard, a bizarrely formal affair with marching toy-like soldiers. From Wordnik.com. [canada.com Top Stories] Reference
Amalia, the little park near the landing, and the pink, toy-like fortress with the Stars and Stripes floating over it. From Wordnik.com. [Ladies-In-Waiting] Reference
The toy-like Corbin Sparrow - the only three-wheel car registered in Singapore - does not resemble anything else on the road here. From Wordnik.com. [www.hardwarezone.com.sg] Reference
Monaco is a pretty, toy-like, Lilliputian kingdom compared with which the smallest German principality of former days was enormous. From Wordnik.com. [In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller"] Reference
The shape and colour will appeal to the original iPod crowd, all white plastic and palm-friendly rounded edges, only more toy-like. From Wordnik.com. [PC Advisor News] Reference
Its toy-like appearance is designed to be attractive to children, but its ruggedized construction could make it useful for adults as well. From Wordnik.com. [Digital Home Thoughts.com] Reference
Children are at particular risk from unexploded ordnance, as they can be attracted by the toy-like appearance of the small plastic devices. From Wordnik.com. [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference
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