Definitions
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- adjective Resembling
ink .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I coughed up some very un-inklike bile and flushed it all down.
The Devil's Bedpost 2010
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The Sea Dart moved slowly through the inklike ocean.
Tom Swift Jr And His Jetmarine Almquist, John 1954
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You would have found something spectral in the tall, gaunt old man, for his periwig was heavily powdered, and his deep-wrinkled countenance was of an absolute white, save for the thin, faintly bluish lips and the inklike glitter of his narrowing eyes, as he now regarded the couple waiting hand in hand before him, like children detected in mischief.
Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes James Branch Cabell 1918
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Then they advanced boldly into the opening; in a flash they vanished from the doctor's sight, and the inklike blackness of the opening again stared at him from that dazzling wall.
The Lord of Death and the Queen of Life Homer Eon Flint 1908
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Travelers should inspect hotel mattresses, box springs and headboards for the pests and the inklike streaks of their droppings.
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But pour out some dark soy, and the syrupy, inklike character of the Chinese condiment becomes clear.
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A group led by University of Texas chemical engineering professor Brian Korgel has created an inklike concoction of light-absorbing material that can be spray-painted on a combination of plastic and metal to make more or less instant solar panels thinner than a sheet of paper.
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