organlike

The scene of the crime appeared to be the mitochondria, organlike structures within the cell that are responsible for converting food to energy.

Yellow Dirt Judy Pasternak 2010

The Tex-Mex button accordion has a mellower, fleeter sound than the reedy Cajun instrument, with its organlike stops.

Meanwhile, Back In Cajun Country 2008

At last, one proper Sherlock Holmes London evening, the unmistakable smell of gas came to Pirate from a dark street lamp, and out of the fog ahead materialized a giant, organlike form.

Gravity's Rainbow Pynchon, Thomas 1978

His compelling, organlike voice rolled through magnificent periods.

The Past Through Tomorrow Heinlein, Robert A. 1967

Somewhere a great organlike note began, and went on and on.

Pagan Passions Laurence M. Janifer 1967

With his organlike voice and that beautiful archangel face, he'll really send -em.

The Man Who Sold The Moon Heinlein, Robert A. 1953

This piece too was contemplative, with repeating, lullabylike phrases undulating through the string quartet in gentle counterpoint, above organlike tones from Mr. Johannsson's electronics: a tranquil benediction.

NYT > Home Page By JON PARELES 2012

The haunting juxtaposition of a dark-hued theme and its tremolando accompaniment was perfectly balanced, and muted passages played with a vibratoless, almost organlike tone were especially affecting.

NYT > Home Page By ALLAN KOZINN 2011

"The Beach" approaches a kind of absolute stillness with layers of continuous organlike sound from the guitar, a soundscape broken only by the birdlike cries of Andersen's high-pitched bowed bass.

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Darling offers broad plains of electrified organlike tones that create the sensation of floating in space.

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