A verdant awning, fanlike, swayed above, and perhaps in some forgotten day an altar had stood in the shady groves which protected all approaches to this pool whereby Keats might have dreamed his wonder dreams.
"The Orchard of Tears"
Sax Rohmer
A wet wind swished through the low, fanlike branches of the redwoods; the creek was rushing high and noisily.
"Sisters"
Kathleen Norris
On the left hand hangs the cliff above the deep salt water, with here and there a fig-tree spreading fanlike leaves against the blue beneath.
"Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Vol III."
John Symonds