Example Sentences

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Lunsford contended that by referring to him as a “quisling,” Lewin had likened him to a “Nazi collaborator,” according to the letter.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2025

Doug Zellers, general manager and co-owner of Ray’s Boathouse, the venerable fine dining restaurant next to the sea lions, had likened them to predinner entertainment.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 26, 2022

Earlier this month, Scorsese had likened popular superhero flicks to “theme parks” rather than true cinema.

From Fox News • Oct. 20, 2019

Some groups opposed to the procedure, including Human Genetics Alert, had likened it to genetic modification.

From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2015

And the severance of Death itself could not have been more complete than theirs for forty-odd years past; nor the reunion beyond the grave, that Gwen had likened theirs to, be stranger.

From When Ghost Meets Ghost by De Morgan, William Frend