Example Sentences

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This is an expression of the lemming-like nature of tech investors, most of whom scarcely merit the title.

From The Verge • May 12, 2021

Venture investors are sometimes accused of lemming-like behavior.

From New York Times • Nov. 26, 2019

Here, in fact, are the deep taproots of the credulity and lemming-like behavior that characterize today’s social media.

From Washington Post • Apr. 3, 2019

Dolan took particular offense at assessments he felt were unduly personal and a mentality he thought was unfairly lemming-like.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2016

Their lemming-like despair seemed far away from Hurlbut Street, but littie by littie the dark cloud passed over the nation, moving in the opposite direction to the weather, until it reached the Midwest.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides