Examples of liken in a Sentence
he generally likened a root canal to some horrible form of torture
I think that we can liken the two pianists, at least in terms of natural talent.
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McGregor likens its three acts—which take cues from the fluid way that Woolf wrote—to renderings (rather than direct adaptations) of her work.
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Freya Drohan, Vogue, 24 June 2024
Some see the modernist building as innovative from a design front while others liken it to a freeway overpass.
—Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2024
Anyone wandering 78 million years ago through the swamplands of modern day Montana may have come across a dinosaur so unusual that scientists have likened it to the god of mischief himself.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 21 June 2024
These letters used apocalyptic language to describe the damage wrought by his course, likening it to the destruction of the Jewish people.
—Marjorie N. Feld, The Conversation, 20 June 2024
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Freya Drohan, Vogue, 24 June 2024
Some see the modernist building as innovative from a design front while others liken it to a freeway overpass.
—Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2024
Anyone wandering 78 million years ago through the swamplands of modern day Montana may have come across a dinosaur so unusual that scientists have likened it to the god of mischief himself.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 21 June 2024
These letters used apocalyptic language to describe the damage wrought by his course, likening it to the destruction of the Jewish people.
—Marjorie N. Feld, The Conversation, 20 June 2024
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“Liken.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/liken. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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