melonlike

To his credit, Mr. Bernstein strives hard to avoid prurience, or even the suggestion of it, although occasionally he does drop his guard, as when he writes of Western men being "powerfully drawn to the slim, small-boned, black-haired women of Asia, more plumlike than melonlike of breast, spare rather than full of buttocks and hips."

Seeking Pleasure Far From Home 2009

And we would return the favor with prickly pears or eggs or even huge, heavy gray “sausages” from the sausage trees in the game park, which farmers with red crusts of skin cancer on their arms swore by, crushing the stringy, melonlike flesh and applying it topically each morning.

Rainbow’s End Lauren St John 2007

And then a shiny metal bar swung through the air and smacked ter Borcht's head with a sickening, melonlike splat.

Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports Patterson, James, 1947- 2007

And then a shiny metal bar swung through the air and smacked ter Borcht's head with a sickening, melonlike splat.

Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports Patterson, James, 1947- 2007

And we would return the favor with prickly pears or eggs or even huge, heavy gray “sausages” from the sausage trees in the game park, which farmers with red crusts of skin cancer on their arms swore by, crushing the stringy, melonlike flesh and applying it topically each morning.

Rainbow’s End Lauren St John 2007

She didn't answer directly, but pressed both hands, shaking, against her apron front, smoothing down the cloth so that the round bulge of her pregnancy was suddenly visible, smooth and melonlike, surprisingly large.

A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005

He also gave me a small stone, which looked and was shaped like the melonlike objects on the bottpm of the lake.

The Garden of Rama Clarke, Arthur C. 1992

Perhaps we pause a moment at "scented citron," for the citron as we know it is a vine bearing a melonlike fruit and we are not aware that it is especially fragrant.

Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide Charles Herbert Sylvester

In the center was a pyramid of spongecake in the form of a temple with melonlike sides, and on the top was an artificial rose with a butterfly of silver paper hovering over it, held by a gilt wire.

L'Assommoir ��mile Zola 1871

Pantone, which sets professional color standards, reported Thursday that the most requested shades for the fall collections being previewed at New York Fashion Week include bamboo, deep teal, an eggplant purple called phlox, and the melonlike honeysuckle.

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