How to Use compare in a Sentence

compare

1 of 2 verb

• The singer's voice has been compared to that of Elvis.
• We each did the homework assignment, then compared answers.
• I compared several bicycles before buying one.
• How did that change the process compared to the first one?
  — Todd Vanderwerff, Vox, 5 July 2018
• But don't just compare prices among the same types of stores.
  — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 22 Mar. 2022
• That would be fun to compare pictures over the space of 100 years.
  — Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 3 July 2020
• The verdict is out, but compare him with the normal-sized pups in the video above.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 29 June 2021
• And when there's a bad school, there's always a good school to compare it to.
  — courier-journal.com, 21 Oct. 2021
• This year compared to last year guys are running to the ball.
  — oregonlive, 14 Sep. 2019
• How do Illinois gun laws compare to the rest of the country?
  — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2022
• There are so many firsts in a child's life, but few can compare to this one.
  — Janet Shamlian, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2020
• But Brown does not compare current teams with those from the past.
  — Christopher Dabe Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 24 Sep. 2020
• How will the new locations of The Daily Dose compare with the Slinger store?
  — Megan Woolard, Journal Sentinel, 18 July 2023
• Then, calculate and compare it with the cost of buying the car in cash.
  — Elizabeth Rivelli, Car and Driver, 1 Dec. 2022
• But how does the current drought map compare to past years?
  — Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Apr. 2021
• The two authors meet here for the first time, and compare notes on craft and consequence.
  — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 9 Mar. 2021
• That ward has seen 18 killings so far this year, compared with eight at this time last year.
  — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2023
• But how do the numbers now compare to the start of previous waves?
  — Ramsey Archibald | [e-mail], al, 4 June 2022
• The french fries didn't quite compare to those fried by some of its competitors.
  — Nishka Dhawan, USA TODAY, 19 May 2021
• More than half will usually watch a movie first, then read the book it was based on to compare.
  — People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 23 Dec. 2021
• Still, the first quarter will be dismal compared to the same quarter a year ago.
  — Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 9 June 2020
• Bruce Pearl can’t help but compare his newest star point guard to his best one.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 15 Oct. 2020
• And anyone who tries to take a bar and compare it to a pub does not understand what a pub is.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Nov. 2022
• As of May 18, more than 40 youths had been shot so far this year in D.C. — more than double compared with the same time last year.
  — Justin George, Washington Post, 30 May 2023
• That compares with the five-year average of a 2.3% decline.
  — Hannah Miao, WSJ, 6 Nov. 2023
• Their study compared scores in third or fourth grade with scores four or five years later in eighth grade.
  — Alan J. Borsuk, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2018
• Though that journey doesn't compare to what his parents faced to make it in time.
  — Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 18 June 2022
• See how your school district compares in the photos above.
  — Dana Burke, Houston Chronicle, 9 July 2018
• The new analysis compared aerial images taken April 6 — a few days after the recent damage — and Feb. 23.
  — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
• Robert Thompson, a professor of television and popular culture at Syracuse University, compares the state of the laugh-track sitcom to that of a much older medium: the fresco.
  — Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2024

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compare

2 of 2 noun

• Use the online compare mode to find the right height and look.
  — oregonlive, 12 Jan. 2021
• How does this compare to the country's fires in the past?
  — Katherine Lagrave, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 July 2018
• How does Honnold’s climb compare to the Dawn Wall climb?
  — Susan Steade, The Mercury News, 5 June 2017
• So in your case, how does making a Jackass movie in the present compare to the past?
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Feb. 2022
• So, really, how does the Vladimir in the movie compare to the real thing?
  — Stellene Volandes, Town & Country, 15 Sep. 2019
• How did this compare to walking in a Helmut Lang show in the ’90s?
  — Katie Van Syckle, The Cut, 12 Sep. 2017
• But how does the new set compare to classic Browns uniforms from the past?
  — cleveland, 15 Apr. 2020
• When was the last big storm to hit Florida, and how does this compare?
  — John Schwartz, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2016
• But how does shopping in the summer compare to the other seasons of the year?
  — Teen Vogue, 12 July 2019
• But how does this compare to the rotation rate of the robot arm?
  — Adam Rogers, WIRED, 10 July 2019
• How does the content of the podcast compare to the Hulu docuseries?
  — Shirley Ju, Variety, 28 July 2022
• How does writing a movie compare to writing jokes for the stage?
  — Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 21 June 2021
• How does this compare to what the president has asked for?
  — Alan Gomez, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2018
• See how your school did in the rankings and search, compare and re-rank based on what matters most to you.
  — Gerard Baker, WSJ, 27 Sep. 2017
• How do the three vaccines authorized in the U.S. compare?
  — al, 19 Aug. 2021
• That total compares with only nine for Obama at the same point in his first term.
  — Brooks Jackson, Philly.com, 11 July 2018
• How did this final compare to the finals in the other All Stars seasons?
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 8 July 2022
• How does this compare to some of our other favorites e-sources?
  — Mimi Faucett, ELLE Decor, 18 Mar. 2016
• How does this compare to other apps, like Facebook and Snapchat?
  — Tom Huddleston, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2017
• Last week’s total compares with about 800 claims in the same period last year.
  — USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2020
• So how does methane compare to CO2 as a greenhouse gas?
  — National Geographic, 12 Nov. 2019
• There’s some debate about how the death rate compares between the two illnesses.
  — Dallas News, 9 Apr. 2020
• So how does this movie musical compare with the stage version?
  — Tyler Coates, Wired, 19 Dec. 2019
• But how does the 2018 preseason compare to FC Cincinnati's first two?
  — Charlie Hatch, Cincinnati.com, 8 Mar. 2018
• How does this dose compare to the original vaccine doses and what are the side effects?
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 3 Jan. 2022
• How does the current pandemic compare to the 1918 Spanish flu?
  — Byron McCauley, The Enquirer, 2 Oct. 2020
• How does any of that [compare] to what people like Rudy Giuliani and others were doing?
  — Kk Ottesen, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2022
• How do the two compare, and with its higher starting price, is the new kid worthy enough to earn your extra dollars?
  — Matthew Buzzi, PCMAG, 8 June 2022
• Louisville, Schoettmer said, will likely get off easy compare to other areas in Kentucky.
  — Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 14 Jan. 2022
• How does Justin Jefferson’s work ethic compare to Michael Irvin’s?
  — Dallas News, 18 Nov. 2022

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