Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spikelike
Adjective
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This will be a bumper quarter for oil and gas shareholders, who have always learned to stick it out through the doldrums for spikey periods like this.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
19 Mar. 2026 -
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
Adjective
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The plane hitting the water is destructive enough without the help of a jagged coral reef (improbably far from any coastline) slicing through the aircraft’s undercarriage.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Apr. 2026
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Known for their jagged peaks, glacial lakes, and vast icefields, the Canadian Rockies are among the world’s most stunning mountain ranges, forming a natural divide between Alberta and British Columbia.—
Taryn White,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Dense rows of Xs in the background suggest barbed wire.—
Ben Davis,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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The barbed fact is that the woman caught in the middle of this unusual male arrangement benefits from none of their newfound emotional enlightenment.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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According to Dalton, the affiliate's providers are seeing a spiked interest in aesthetic services, many for cosmetic reasons.—
Laura Fitzgerald,
NPR,
25 Apr. 2026
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When Noble reopened after the pandemic abated, tardy rates soared, staff satisfaction plummeted, and violence on campus, previously rare, spiked.—
Steven F. Wilson,
The Atlantic,
24 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Somehow, the word, in its double-pronged definition, gets to the heart of these pictures, and perhaps is the key to understanding Hurst himself.—
Chris Wiley,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2026
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Governments must follow a multi-pronged strategy to carry out their clean energy plans.—
Julius Cesar Trajano,
Fortune,
24 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Some of these spiny perennials grow on the ground, while others grow tall on thin, wiry trunks.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
27 Apr. 2026
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The plant is easily identified by its rampant growth in the spring and its spiny globular fruit.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Spikelike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spikelike. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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