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Definition of Phoenixlike

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phoenixlike

Literary usage of Phoenixlike

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Perspectives on Crime and Justice: 1996-1997 Lecture Series by James Q. Wilson, Peter Reuter, Mark H. Moore, Cathy S. Widom, Norval Morris (1998)
"There are many reasons for this phoenixlike mutation of the barber into the surgeon, but not the least was the gradual emergence of a treatment ..."

2. Through Cities and Prairie Lands: Sketches of an American Tour by Duffus Hardy (1881)
"... phoenixlike, the city has risen up out of its own ashes, grander and statelier than ever. On the outskirts the line of fire can still be traced ; gaunt ..."

3. The Life of an Actor by Pierce Egan (1904)
"Will soon be scatter'd o'er this joyless waste : The dogs shall tear thee, and thy mangled limbs But, phoenixlike, thou shall again revive; ..."

4. A Guide to the West Indies, Bermuda and Panama by Frederick Albion Ober (1920)
"Within five years Kingston had risen phoenixlike from its ashes and now stands a more modern and attractive city than of old, a city boasting over 58000 ..."

5. Steps to Oratory: A School Speaker by Frank Townsend Southwick (1900)
"I have re-created France; and, from the ashes Of the old feudal and decrepit carcass, Civilization, on her luminous wings, Soars, phoenixlike, to Jove ! ..."

6. Grounds and Rudiments of Law by William Taylor Hughes (1908)
"... of justice are eternal; the errors of Coke and Blackstone are turning to ashes, out of which Mr. Hughes beholds his idol rising "phoenixlike to Jove. ..."

7. Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine by Henry Sweetser Burrage, Albert Roscoe Stubbs (1909)
"... had sprung phoenixlike from its ashes, after they had been undisturbed a quarter of a century by a scattered, indifferent and cowed refugee people. ..."

8. Byways Around San Francisco Bay by William E. Hutchinson (1915)
"Mount Tamalpais stands in purple 'tire Against the background, phoenixlike, ornate: Apollo drives his chariot of fire Between the portals of the Golden Gate ..."

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