liken
verb (used with object)
to represent as similar or like; compare.
were likening
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past progressiveof liken.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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People online were likening him to the North Korean dictator, Kim Jong-un, and calling him “crooked”.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 25, 2018
Some Israelis were likening Rogers' visit to a 1940s popular song: "Big noise blew in from Winnetka/ Big noise blew right out again."
From Time Magazine Archive
