Sentence examples for * likened with from inspiring English sources

"It's so big-time I can't tell you," Ms. Brown said of making operas, which she likened, with a mischievous smile, to driving a Maserati.

Glamorous as Wendy Williams is in the city, when she gets home to the suburbs at 7 o'clock, after rapping and jingling and badmouthing on the radio for four hours, she becomes Wendy Hunter, wife of Kevin and mother of eight-year-old Little Kevin, a picture she has likened, with some relish, to that on Wisteria Lane.

Instead, to name a trope should be likened with baptizing a child or with introducing a man "present in the flesh," i.e., ostensively (Williams 1997 [1953]: 114).

In this sense, invasives should be considered as a subset of naturalised species capable of spreading considerably and with harmful effects, a definition which could also be likened with the terms 'transformers' and 'weeds' as defined by Richardson et al. (2000) and Pyšek et al. (2004).

In the nineties, when Icahn was fighting for control of Marvel Comics, the company's C.E.O., a veteran of the Israeli Army, likened dealing with him to negotiating with terrorists.

The Bush administration, which recently likened talks with Hamas to appeasement of the Nazis, quickly criticized the French.

The Bush administration, which recently likened talks with Hamas and other groups to appeasement of the Nazis, criticized the French for the contacts, calling them unhelpful.

Kojima has also likened him with John Rambo from the Rambo series as both characters always find themselves taking part in battles despite their desire for a peaceful resolution.

Reynolds likened Gone with the Wind to The Birth of a Nation and other re-imaginings of the South during the era of segregation, in which white Southerners are portrayed as defending traditional values and the issue of slavery is largely ignored.

The business secretary likened a deal with the SNP to working with the UK Independence party.

A retired railway engineer, he likened his relationship with jade to an overpriced college education.