something like

Idioms  

1. Similar to, resembling, as in They want a flower garden something like the ones they saw in England. [Mid-1600s]

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Example Sentences

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something like

After the incident, team-mate Luke Whitehouse said: "When something like that happens, you've just got to forget about it and reset. I just had to focus on my routine one skill at a time."

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

I had about six months’ worth of money in my emergency fund in case something like this happened, but it’s looking like I’ll be unemployed for longer than six months.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

They may also insist on being called by their Playa name, something like “Dirty Rizz,” even though their driver’s license identifies them as Derwin.

From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026

And when Morton was done, she looked over to director Christopher Nolan, waiting for him to say something like, “Maybe try it without the humming, Samantha.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

As we slowly climbed The Mountain, Red kept glancing back toward the castle, her face knit into something like worry.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

Related Words

• basically
• essentially
• nearly
• practically