crownlike

"Nature's Clock" 2005-11 looks like a giant pile of kindling, yet its rock forms step upward with ceremonial conviction; and a tree form, splayed at its end, adds regal, crownlike flair.

Of a Decade and a Dollar Lance Esplund 2011

The tree was in the hollow of the hills that grew crownlike in the center of the island.

The Eden Tree 2010

In 1901, when Esko was eleven, the village boasted no railroad and one telephone, which resided, crownlike, atop a narrow throne of solid oak in the study of the vicarage, the only house with electricity for fifty miles.

Excerpt: Cloud Sketcher by Richard Rayner 2001

She wore a high, crownlike hat, a thin robe which showed off the beauty of her breasts, and a girdle.

The Grass Crown McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1991

It has long been considered a symbol of royalty, because of its crownlike terminal.

A Handbook of Symbols in Christian Art Gertrude Grace Sill 1975

It has long been considered a symbol of royalty, because of its crownlike terminal.

A Handbook of Symbols in Christian Art Gertrude Grace Sill 1975

Now several drew together, and like a constellation glimmered crownlike on the brow of the night, as he felt the rope stir with the signal to hoist.

The Christmas Miracle 1911 Mary Noailles Murfree 1886

And when these superb arms are outspread, radiating in every direction, an immense crownlike mass is formed which, poised on the noble shaft and filled with sunshine, is one of the grandest forest objects conceivable.

Steep Trails John Muir 1876

Evetta Perry, owner of Harlem's Heaven Hat Boutique, and the softer, nonetheless crownlike, crocheted hats of the artist Xenobia Bailey.

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