reedlike

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for reedlike
Adjective
  • The device, about the size of a hockey puck, is filled with blood and hangs from his skinny frame.
    Elissa Nadworny, NPR, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The scarf collage tops and skinny pants from Celine.
    Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The slender aspens unfurl golden banners against the dark wall of evergreens.
    Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The shoes featured a scalloped toe box in a pale pink hue, offset by gold slingback straps and slender matching heels.
    Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • This process transformed the plastic into porous carbon powder, which was then combined with carbon black and a polymer binder to form thin electrode layers.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Dry the nuts in a thin layer, then remove the husks wearing gloves.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Colorado State is currently mired in a three-game losing streak, following a narrow 21-17 win over Northern Colorado.
    Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Whatever the catalyst, a change in the political environment seemed to connect with a social change that brought back narrow, and at times constrictive, ideas of womanhood depicted in media.
    Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The Tigers could certainly try to negotiate an extension with Skubal, but as a Scott Boras client with the potential to set the market for starting pitchers with a record deal, the chances of Skubal not at least testing free agency seem slim.
    Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
  • And so, here in the waning hours of 2025, the true luxury coupe pickings are slim.
    Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Today, the shells continue to be found on powwow regalia (Russell McCloud is an in-demand artist for traditional breastplates), as well as on avant-garde runway fashions and fine jewelry pieces.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Oregon is fine On the surface, a single loss by the Ducks to a top-five team won’t be all that damaging in the long term.
    Erick Smith, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • All of the above meant working with prosthetics, like smaller teeth, a fake nose and elongated earlobes, which would emphasize Gladys’s predatory, avian quality.
    Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The mid-rise fit also hits slightly below the belly button for a more elongated look.
    Rylee Johnston, People.com, 17 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Sturm has repeatedly noted the difficulty of the compressed schedule.
    Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Li, a writer whose stories are compressed and deceptively simple, spoke with humor and a certain hardness, perhaps born of the clarity of unimaginable loss.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
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“Reedlike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reedlike. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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