I thought, that I had ever seen -- brushed with a kind of winglike grace every object they encountered. From Wordnik.com. [Embarrassments] Reference
At the tip of each spine was a small winglike membrane. From Wordnik.com. [The Deluge Drivers]
Neuman at birth, with red, cowlicky hair and winglike ears. From Wordnik.com. [The Dirty Life] Reference
One winglike brow rose sharply, and Ardis showed her interest. From Wordnik.com. [The Lark And The Wren]
But gradually Mason could make out their winglike extremities. From Wordnik.com. [The Worst Thing I've Done] Reference
Maybe the moonlight had made a long coat or poncho look winglike. From Wordnik.com. [Lunatics]
Farther up, extending out from the column itself, were winglike platforms. From Wordnik.com. [The Flood]
Spreading its winglike appendages, the thing floated toward the frantic mouse. From Wordnik.com. [Curse of the Shadowmage]
And I love the print, and how the winglike collar and cuffs echo the bird theme. From Wordnik.com. [Oh, I Forgot! - A Dress A Day] Reference
Dawn sent it to me thinking I would enjoy the winglike pockets -- and she thought right. From Wordnik.com. [April 2008] Reference
They were wide enough to accommodate folding winglike dan-or a loose-fitting survival suit. From Wordnik.com. [The Deluge Drivers]
It resembled a canvas-covered saucer on small wheels, the saucer carrying the boiler and winglike sail. From Wordnik.com. [The Dragons of Krynn]
When taken together, winglike sails and outriggers gave the boats the appearance of water birds at rest. From Wordnik.com. [The Howling Stones]
This action caused their dan, the winglike membranes that grew from arm and sides, to move back and forth. From Wordnik.com. [The Deluge Drivers]
The Elven messenger regarded her with one winglike eyebrow raised for a moment, then grudgingly acknowledged that she had a point. From Wordnik.com. [The Eagle And The Nightingale]
Where the other newcomers were cylindrical in design, with angular, winglike cowlings, this construct was rounded, almost spherical. From Wordnik.com. [The Flood]
Looking at some buteoine hawk and aquiline eagle skulls online, the first skull lacks the winglike sweptback bones preorbitals maybe?. From Wordnik.com. [Another Quiz] Reference
Glowing motes of blue magic outlined its long, sleek gunwales, its deep keel, its sideways-jutting masts and winglike spars and twining lines. From Wordnik.com. [Time Streams]
By the way, various fossils, and some modern examples, are known of insects showing a third pair of winglike structures, in front of the regular two pairs. From Wordnik.com. [No Longer Sleeping in Seattle - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
When looked at head-on, Irving's jawline was actually wider than his ears, which were pinned flat against his shaven skull and had a winglike shape to them. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Echo]
Buitreraptor gonzalezorum's birdlike features -- its huge, hollow wishbone; winglike forelimbs; and bird-like pelvis -- provide further link dinosaurs to birds. From Wordnik.com. [Science News] Reference
The tree came into view around a turn in the path and revealed the source of the luscious aroma, small green-and-yellow flowers dangling from oblong, winglike bracts. From Wordnik.com. [The Plains of Passage]
A muffled explosion sounded from the stern, and a moment later its echo reached him as the harpoon struck the penestral just beneath one of the winglike fins that shielded its gills. From Wordnik.com. [For Love of Mother-Not]
The back half was sealed off by a pair of winglike ramparts that spread outward from the midpoint of the mansion, where it changed to a two story structure, to meet the walls of the outer curtain. From Wordnik.com. [The Veiled Dragon]
But the brow was just as high, the cheek-bones just as prominent, the eyebrows still slanted winglike towards his temples, and the body was still the wiry-slender build of a gymnast or a martial artist. From Wordnik.com. [Born To Run]
Designed by architect Moshe Safdie, it is already an instantly recognizable structure -- a 150,000-square-foot, five-story white building with what appear to be winglike structures drooping off its roof. From Wordnik.com. [The architecture of the U.S. Institute of Peace on the mall] Reference
The stunt, shot without special effects, required air traffic to be shut down over the city, while two stuntpeople in suits with winglike webbing leaped without wires from the world's third tallest building. From Wordnik.com. [Summer Movie Preview] Reference
The seeds are encased in little winglike structures that twirl as they fall to the ground. From Wordnik.com. [Interesting Thing of the Day] Reference
The word is also used by botanists, as in "destitute of winglike membranous expansions, as a stem or petiole.". From Wordnik.com. [Anecdotal Evidence] Reference
Then Mr. Brimberly coughed, smoothed his winglike whiskers, and -- pulled down his waistcoat for the third time. From Wordnik.com. [The Definite Object A Romance of New York] Reference
Bolotin says they were setting a U.S. record for jumps using wing suits - skydiving suits with winglike fabric panels. From Wordnik.com. [Homepage] Reference
The gates are ornamented with the heads of monsters, especially lions with large ears and winglike expansions at the side. From Wordnik.com. [Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3] Reference
There was something about Lilly as she stood thereof the winglike smoothness of a little wild duck, wet from a skim across water. From Wordnik.com. [Star-Dust] Reference
Her tail twitched, the winglike ears spread wide. From Wordnik.com. [Ensign Flandry]
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