liken
verb (used with object)
to represent as similar or like; compare.
had likened
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past perfectof liken.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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I would’ve preferred the gentleman at the speed dating event had likened my efforts to, at least, Morticia, a grown woman.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026
Others begged people to vote for the kiwi, which Mr Oliver had likened to "a rat carrying a toothpick".
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2023
Plaintiffs had likened the state’s resistance to that of segregationist Gov. George Wallace’s efforts in 1963 to fight integration orders.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 26, 2023
Emely Paez said some of her relatives had likened Covid-19 to a bad flu that could be overcome with rest and herbal tea.
From New York Times ● Oct. 16, 2021
Nothing, in reason, yet Furneaux had likened him to a snake, and he displayed now the primal instinct of the snake to fight when cornered.
From The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley by Louis Tracy
