crownlike

"Nature's Clock" 2005-11 looks like a giant pile of kindling, yet its rock forms step upward with ceremonial conviction; and a tree form, splayed at its end, adds regal, crownlike flair.

Of a Decade and a Dollar

The tree was in the hollow of the hills that grew crownlike in the center of the island.

The Eden Tree

In 1901, when Esko was eleven, the village boasted no railroad and one telephone, which resided, crownlike, atop a narrow throne of solid oak in the study of the vicarage, the only house with electricity for fifty miles.

Excerpt: Cloud Sketcher by Richard Rayner

She wore a high, crownlike hat, a thin robe which showed off the beauty of her breasts, and a girdle.

The Grass Crown

It has long been considered a symbol of royalty, because of its crownlike terminal.

A Handbook of Symbols in Christian Art

It has long been considered a symbol of royalty, because of its crownlike terminal.

A Handbook of Symbols in Christian Art

Now several drew together, and like a constellation glimmered crownlike on the brow of the night, as he felt the rope stir with the signal to hoist.

The Christmas Miracle 1911

And when these superb arms are outspread, radiating in every direction, an immense crownlike mass is formed which, poised on the noble shaft and filled with sunshine, is one of the grandest forest objects conceivable.

Steep Trails

Evetta Perry, owner of Harlem's Heaven Hat Boutique, and the softer, nonetheless crownlike, crocheted hats of the artist Xenobia Bailey.

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