viselike
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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A dentist’s viselike neck pain signaled an invisible disorder.
From Washington Post • Oct. 15, 2021
Stempel, once dubbed a “high-strung Human Univac” after the 1950s supercomputer, displayed an uncanny intelligence and viselike memory from his earliest years.
From Seattle Times • May 31, 2020
The adolescent Marley immediately establishes a viselike hold over the newly arrived Scrooge.
From New York Times • Oct. 8, 2019
Many technology companies have structured themselves to give founders a viselike grip.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 6, 2018
Baby Kochamma would call out when she saw him, with a smile on her lips that completely belied the viselike grip that she had on the thin child’s soapslippery arm.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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