The doctor was just maneuvering the large cranelike X-ray machine over Billy's back.    From Wordnik.com.  [Baby Games] Reference

"Tell me," says Dencer, standing erect by the desk, cranelike, but a predatory crane.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Spellsong War]

Uncomfortably, the cadet shifted his weight from one long, cranelike leg to the other.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recovery]

Resting on the PAGE was a magnifying glass, and above the dictionary was a cranelike metal reading lamp, about four feet long.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE EXTRA MAN] Reference

He sent for rope, horses, buffalo, timber, and man power from across Italy, constructing an elaborate cranelike apparatus to coax the monument into place.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Encyclopedia of the Exquisite: An Anecdotal History of Elegant Delights'] Reference

Bees fly in and out of flower heads and have an easier time with pollination because they are collecting nectar on all parts of their bodies; they have shorter legs and bodies and are not so cranelike as butterflies.    From Wordnik.com.  [naplesnews.com Stories] Reference