Definitions
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- adjective resembling a
sword
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- adjective shaped like a sword blade
Etymologies
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Examples
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I thrust my arms into it, parted the long stalks, and stepped in, then continued to push aside swordlike leaves, gradually working my way through the dense vegetation.
Dark Secrets 2: No Time to Die the Deep End of Fear Elizabeth Chandler 2011
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Other bright spots included Wendy Bryn Harmer, a strong, youthful Gutrune, and the swordlike soprano of Heidi Melton, the third Norn.
And So the World Ended Heidi Waleson 2012
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I thrust my arms into it, parted the long stalks, and stepped in, then continued to push aside swordlike leaves, gradually working my way through the dense vegetation.
Dark Secrets 2: No Time to Die the Deep End of Fear Elizabeth Chandler 2011
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I thrust my arms into it, parted the long stalks, and stepped in, then continued to push aside swordlike leaves, gradually working my way through the dense vegetation.
Dark Secrets 2: No Time to Die the Deep End of Fear Elizabeth Chandler 2011
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The swordlike Washington Monument shot upward, marking the center of the National Mall, and the cap of the Jefferson Memorial lay in the foreground, partially concealed by a row of trees.
Vince Flynn Collectors’ Edition #2 Vince Flynn 2010
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The swordlike Washington Monument shot upward, marking the center of the National Mall, and the cap of the Jefferson Memorial lay in the foreground, partially concealed by a row of trees.
Vince Flynn Collectors’ Edition #2 Vince Flynn 2010
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The swordlike Washington Monument shot upward, marking the center of the National Mall, and the cap of the Jefferson Memorial lay in the foreground, partially concealed by a row of trees.
Vince Flynn Collectors’ Edition #2 Vince Flynn 2010
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Had he been a lesser mind he would have chosen a lesser god, had he been born for today he would have chosen another god but whatever … he did he would have done with that swordlike singleness of heart.
PEARL BUCK IN CHINA Hilary Spurling 2010
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The swordlike Washington Monument shot upward, marking the center of the National Mall, and the cap of the Jefferson Memorial lay in the foreground, partially concealed by a row of trees.
Vince Flynn Collectors’ Edition #2 Vince Flynn 2010
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One leaps out of the water toward the nose of a cliff, from which swordlike leaves point down.
In Search of Beauty David Littlejohn 2010
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