machinelike
adjective
ma·chine·like
mə-ˈshēn-ˌlīk 
: resembling or suggesting a machine especially in regularity of action or stereotyped uniformity of product
Examples of machinelike in a Sentence
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In the shadow of the first album’s breakout success, the artist followed his Quality Control peers in pivoting to overloaded projects where spirited but machinelike filler breaks up the flow between the better songs.
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Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2022
The music for Caesar is disciplined and machinelike.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2022
Every facet of his performances was similarly somber and machinelike.
—New York Times, 3 May 2022
There is, to be sure, a certain logic in describing habits as machinelike.
—Meghan O’Gieblyn, Harper’s Magazine , 4 Jan. 2022
Shimon, which was intentionally designed to sound machinelike (listen here), is meant to be a one-of-a-kind musical collaborator—or an inhuman rap-battle opponent.
—Shi En Kim, Scientific American, 4 Dec. 2020
Still another foursome processed Kurtag’s rigor with an exactitude almost frighteningly machinelike.
—Peter Dobrin, Philly.com, 22 Feb. 2018
The way Oklahoma State quarterback Mason Rudolph plays is machinelike.
—Nathan Ruiz, ajc, 6 Nov. 2017
As the trainees practice sewing straight lines on pieces of scrap fabric, supervisors pace the aisle, hoping to spot one with machinelike dexterity and speed.
—Ellen Barry, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2016
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Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2022
The music for Caesar is disciplined and machinelike.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2022
Every facet of his performances was similarly somber and machinelike.
—New York Times, 3 May 2022
There is, to be sure, a certain logic in describing habits as machinelike.
—Meghan O’Gieblyn, Harper’s Magazine , 4 Jan. 2022
Shimon, which was intentionally designed to sound machinelike (listen here), is meant to be a one-of-a-kind musical collaborator—or an inhuman rap-battle opponent.
—Shi En Kim, Scientific American, 4 Dec. 2020
Still another foursome processed Kurtag’s rigor with an exactitude almost frighteningly machinelike.
—Peter Dobrin, Philly.com, 22 Feb. 2018
The way Oklahoma State quarterback Mason Rudolph plays is machinelike.
—Nathan Ruiz, ajc, 6 Nov. 2017
As the trainees practice sewing straight lines on pieces of scrap fabric, supervisors pace the aisle, hoping to spot one with machinelike dexterity and speed.
—Ellen Barry, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2016
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“Machinelike.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/machinelike. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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