liken
verb (used with object)
to represent as similar or like; compare.
are likening
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present progressiveof liken.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Obama, of course, isn’t a ghost, and he has been talking up some of the same candidates others are likening to him.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026
Some volcanologists are likening the eruption to the 1991 Pinatubo eruption in the Philippines, the second-largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century, which killed around 800 people.
From Reuters ● Jan. 17, 2022
White House and state health officials are calling this next phase of the vaccination campaign “the ground game,” and are likening it to a get-out-the-vote effort.
From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2021
"People are likening us to Wolves and Bournemouth - we're not in the same hemisphere as these teams," Robinson told BBC Three Counties Radio.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2015
But before I can explain to you my views you have already changed your own, and are likening the philosopher to an old tom-cat that seems to be weak in his head.
From They and I by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
