Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spikelike
Adjective
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But a few things stick out as incorrect: The costume Diplo is wearing in the video does not match the actual, taller and spikier grassy costumes worn during the show.—
Katie Bain,
Billboard,
13 Feb. 2026 -
Some are silky, some are spikey, and some — like the one worn by stately maidservant Hero, played by Emma Corrin — look like handkerchiefs delicately dropped from a great height onto the head of its wearer.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
5 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Many of Iceland’s pools are immersed in nature, combining water therapy with dramatic landscapes of jagged mountains, waterfalls, rivers, and lava fields.—
Lauren Breedlove,
Outside,
3 Mar. 2026
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Two cars teetered at the jagged edge, their noses tipped skyward, almost frozen in the instant before a plunge.—
Ira Gorawara,
New York Times,
28 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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My grandmother started working at the age of 12 years old in a linen factory in Belfast, traveling through barbed wire and barricades every day, not to school but to a job to support her family.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
20 Feb. 2026
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My parents were just children when they were wrested from their homes into tarpaper barracks surrounded by barbed wire.—
Julie Morita,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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This hyaluronic acid—spiked formula offers smooth, seamless coverage.—
Taryn Brooke,
Glamour,
6 Mar. 2026
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On Monday, the price of crude oil spiked almost 8 percent, and experts said that will drive up the cost at the pump at a time when gas prices are already on the rise ahead of the summer driving season.—
Noel Brennan,
CBS News,
3 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The three-pronged structure, with its central plaza and slow-moving foot traffic, offers just enough distraction.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
28 Feb. 2026
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While limiting investors' ability to snap up homes could be part of a multi-pronged approach to addressing housing affordability, targeting them alone is unlikely to solve the issue, according to Allen.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
25 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The physical description evokes a compact, spiny, wide-eyed animal — the kind of species that would stand out immediately in a field encounter.—
Ryan Brennan,
Charlotte Observer,
20 Feb. 2026
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The robust green plant was the centerpiece of a garden that includes smaller, greener elephant’s trunk agaves, spiny South African bitter aloe, and the Madagascan Aloe imalotensis.—
Tribune News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Spikelike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spikelike. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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