They saw a starlike object in the sky. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
How kind deeds shine starlike in this prison of a world. From Wordnik.com. [Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions] Reference
A large diamond, set in the starlike setting of smaller stones. From Wordnik.com. [Trust Me Once]
Her eyes were starlike, her whole expression was perfectly radiant. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905] Reference
Their stiff, starlike crests provided the only shade on the little islet. From Wordnik.com. [The Howling Stones]
Dew on fat ferns catches the sunlight in bursts and disperses it, starlike. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: Ursula, Under by Ingrid Hill] Reference
Binoculars show a bright, starlike nucleus surrounded by a small, faint cloud, or coma. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: March 3, 2002 - March 9, 2002 Archives] Reference
The water made his lashes cling to one another, so that they formed starlike sharp points. From Wordnik.com. [Clockwork Angel] Reference
One of the sparks was considerably brighter than the others and had a blue-white, starlike center. From Wordnik.com. [Conqueror's Moon]
He went in, past the big tennis screen, which was overgrown by a creeper with starlike mauve flowers. From Wordnik.com. [Burmese Days] Reference
They named the starlike things quasi-stellar radio sources; later they shortened the name to quasars. From Wordnik.com. [A Grand and Bold Thing] Reference
The dark champion raised tree-length lance in salute, two starlike sparks glowing in the slit of his visor. From Wordnik.com. [Curse of the Shadowmage]
The baby's eyes, now piteously crossed, had turned upward until the starlike pupils were almost out of sight. From Wordnik.com. ['Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands] Reference
These are punctuated by starlike nodes and wavelike striations in low relief that are polished to a high gloss. From Wordnik.com. [ArtScene: Current California Exhibitions You Should See] Reference
I looked at little Weena sleeping beside me, her face white and starlike under the stars, and forthwith dismissed the thought. From Wordnik.com. [Science Fiction Hall of Fame]
'Have I been good to-day?' the imp asked, laying her head upon his shoulder, and turning up those starlike, unfathomable eyes of hers. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
As its bright drops fall starlike, fast and clear. From Wordnik.com. [Poems] Reference
Sir Galahad and, starlike, mingled with the stars. From Wordnik.com. [What I Saw in America] Reference
They stood up everywhere starlike out of the green. From Wordnik.com. [The Rainbow Trail] Reference
First black holes may have incubated in gigantic starlike cocoons. From Wordnik.com. [dailyindia.com News Feed] Reference
Clara's suggestion, to light up his fancy with that starlike gleam. From Wordnik.com. [Other Tales and Sketches (From: "The Doliver Romance and Other Pieces: Tales and Sketches")] Reference
When Pleasure strews her starlike flow'rs beneath our careless feet. From Wordnik.com. [Mazelli, and Other Poems] Reference
She struggled faintly, but her face was uplifted, her eyes starlike. From Wordnik.com. [The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance] Reference
She turned to him, her face glowing, starlike, out of the lace and mist. From Wordnik.com. [Uncle William: the man who was shif'less] Reference
First black holes may have incubated in giant, starlike cocoons, says CU-Boulder study. From Wordnik.com. [Science Blog - Science news straight from the source] Reference
"When did she die?" asked Camilla softly, sympathy shining, starlike, in her dark eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908] Reference
She was a slim little girl with long-lashed, starlike eyes and a wild - rose flush in her cheeks. From Wordnik.com. [Oh, Money! Money!] Reference
First black holes may have incubated in giant, starlike cocoons, says CU-Boulder study Printer friendly page. From Wordnik.com. [YubaNet.com] Reference
"And may Betty and I be bridesmaids?" interrupted Lloyd, eagerly, a starlike expectancy shining in her eyes. From Wordnik.com. [The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation] Reference
It was as if in the midst of a monster, interminable cavern his one starlike light had gone out in his hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Tyranny of the Dark] Reference
He was with me by this time, body and soul, game to the finish; for the light wasn't starlike now by any means. From Wordnik.com. [The Dominant Dollar] Reference
In it was tenderness, and a new wisdom, alas! and a faint and shadowy something, profound, starlike, inscrutable. From Wordnik.com. [Athalie] Reference
Already he saw in fancy her starlike eyes raised to his in mute gratitude, her white hand laid confidingly on his arm. From Wordnik.com. [Shapes that Haunt the Dusk] Reference
I admit that such are not for the tenderness of daily life; their influence must be high, distant, starlike, to be pure. From Wordnik.com. [Woman in the Ninteenth Century and Kindred Papers Relating to the Sphere, Condition and Duties, of Woman.] Reference
First black holes may have incubated in gigantic starlike cocoons Climate change may quicken with world's oceans absorbing less CO2. From Wordnik.com. [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference
Nevertheless, from this line of the dying there flames starlike a most lovely light of immortality when Moses here records concerning. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II Luther on Sin and the Flood] Reference
CO2 emissions from fossil fuels has more than tripled in this decade First black holes may have incubated in gigantic starlike cocoons. From Wordnik.com. [Daily News & Analysis] Reference
Cervantes, and Aristophanes; and as a wreath of flowers to crown the whole, there was the heavenly purity and starlike loveliness of his. From Wordnik.com. [The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey, Vol. 2 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg] Reference
Gold and silver starlike flowers, sewn on appliqué embroideries, were common to Venice and also southern Germany in the fifteenth century. From Wordnik.com. [Quilts Their Story and How to Make Them] Reference
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