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  • The seal-like whiskers were long and sparse and dangled to the water line.

    Country diary: Claxton, Norfolk 2010

  • At about the time that inflammation of the airways occurs, your child will develop a seal-like, barky cough.

    You Raising Your Child Michael F. Roizen 2010

  • At about the time that inflammation of the airways occurs, your child will develop a seal-like, barky cough.

    You Raising Your Child Michael F. Roizen 2010

  • The otter's seal-like whiskers were long and sparse and dangled to the water line.

    Country diary: Claxton, Norfolk 2010

  • A combination of "dune surfing," sliding and just plain stumbling had us back to the base in seven minutes, our feet giving off comical, seal-like squeaks as they rubbed against the sand.

    James M. Clash: Dune Climbing on the Dark Continent James M. Clash 2010

  • At about the time that inflammation of the airways occurs, your child will develop a seal-like, barky cough.

    You Raising Your Child Michael F. Roizen 2010

  • Not infrequently they devoured, or were devoured by, their seal-like relatives.

    Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: The Road To Science Fiction 2 - James Gunn Blue Tyson 2008

  • Built around the Celtic myth of the selkie -- a sea creature that sheds its seal-like appearance to live temporarily on land -- Ondine is the story of Syracuse (Farrell), a fisherman in a small Irish village who lives alone but makes the most of his time with his daughter from a broken marriage.

    Marshall Fine: Movie Review: Ondine 2010

  • At about the time that inflammation of the airways occurs, your child will develop a seal-like, barky cough.

    You Raising Your Child Michael F. Roizen 2010

  • The child he conjured up when he closed his eyes at night was always an infant, the tangled hair still as smooth as peach fuzz, with the scars and bruises of summer erased, so that Byron was again a sleek, seal-like baby.

    The New Yorker Stories Ann Beattie 2010

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