Example Sentences

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While people in Canada will liken Macdonald’s actions affecting indigenous people to George Washington’s ownership of slaves, Professor Daschuk said there was a critical difference.

From New York Times • Aug. 28, 2017

My kingdom I will liken to, A man who in his field Sow'd good seed, and expected soon A harvest it would yield.

From The Parables of the Saviour The Good Child's Library, Tenth Book by Anonymous

Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock.

From The World English Bible (WEB): Matthew by

“Whosoever heareth these sayings of mine and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man who built his house upon a rock.”

From A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory by Bledsoe, Albert Taylor

Whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man who built his house upon a rock.

From Mother Stories from the New Testament A Book of the Best Stories from the New Testament that Mothers can tell their Children by Anonymous