knifelike

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for knifelike
Adjective
  • Hawke, for his part, can take some in finally giving a hero such a heartfelt, trenchant and long-overdue screen immortalization.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Both the author and the narrator succeed notably in this funny, trenchant debut novel.
    AudioFile Magazine August 29, Literary Hub, 29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Putting heavy or edged objects atop the cord may damage or pinch it, potentially causing short circuits.
    Matthew Korfhage, WIRED, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Then came a raw-edged denim skirt from Miaou, which was as thigh-grazing as that viral Miu Miu micro skirt from the spring 2022 collection.
    Alice Cary, Vogue, 25 Jan. 2023
Adjective
  • Most java lovers are familiar with ground coffee: roasted coffee beans that have been ground for use in a coffee machine.
    Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Instant blends can simply be stirred into hot water, while ground coffee blends can be prepared with a traditional coffee maker or a French press for a particularly rich, earthy brew.
    BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Most of the surface is made up of a fine dust with jagged edges because it hasn’t been weathered by wind or water.
    Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Against all of this allegedly heady stuff, the score—by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross—intentionally jars us from encroaching drowsiness with chortling woodwinds and shardlike piano chords that are the aural equivalent of jagged Plexiglass off-cuts.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Plus, the silver studs along the neckline add an edgy touch to your outfit.
    Rylee Johnston, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Trump and his hogmen are co-opting actual Nazi lingo from the gutter of the internet, speaking in references only Fox News viewers and Q-Anon adherents can parse, and rehabilitating the r-word as some sort of edgy pose that the rest of us learned was cruel in middle school.
    James Folta, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Knifelike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knifelike. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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