hooklike

How To Use hooklike In A Sentence

• She tried to lift a hand, fingers flexed for clawing, but then the hand fell down onto the sheet and the fingers lost their hooklike attitude. Project Pope
• The rounded bundle known as the uncinate fasciculus is named for its hooklike configuration as it curves beneath the stem of the lateral sulcus to connect areas of cortex in the lower frontal and anterior temporal regions.
• The Zhakar carried a hooklike sword that could be used to stab, slash, or grasp an opponent. Emperor of Ansalon
• Dozens of fishing nets had become snagged on the hooklike davits. SERPENT
• De Mestral shoved a bit of burr under a microscope and saw that its barbed, hooklike seed pods meshed beautifully with the looped fibers in his clothes. Sticky Stuff
• Then, with a swift encircling movement, that hooklike arm wrapped itself around Flint's neck and drew him into the shadow. The Master Mystery
• I know very little about them except that they grow and grow and that they cover the hillside now, and when I pass by them with my lawnmower buzzing they catch at my shirt and my arm with their remarkably hooklike sharp thorns. THE ANTHOLOGIST
• The real treasure, though, is the aforementioned "Windstorm," a percolating summer concoction with a hooklike gull's cry. Album review: School of Seven Bells, "Disconnect From Desire"
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