resemble
verb (used with object)
to be like or similar to.
had resembled
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past perfectof resemble.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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For the rest of that summer, life in the store had resembled business as usual.
From Slate ● Dec. 4, 2024
The encampment had resembled an REI catalog of blue, orange, green and beige two- and four-person tents, even some large enough to hold half a dozen people, with a smattering of hammocks and lawn chairs.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2024
Even before coronavirus, Sales said correctional facilities had resembled concentration camps – with 30 or 35 men inhabiting cells built for half a dozen, and two toothbrushes shared between 30 men.
From The Guardian ● May 16, 2020
Miller once said that his life had resembled a butterfly’s, moving from flower to flower.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 27, 2019
I knew that to Grigori, what had resembled a blight had probably been a modest building from the outside, so as to avoid making a target of itself.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
