Sentence examples for akin to when from inspiring English sources
It had become something of a standing music-biz joke, akin to "when hell freezes over".
Mr. Feinberg sees Houston's education marketplace as akin to when FedEx emerged to challenge the United States Postal Service.
The East River Science Park "is akin to when the football coach says, 'I need a new stadium to recruit players,' " Mr. Snyder said.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation's lead broadcaster, Gerard Whateley, speaking on BBC Radio 5 live, describing the death of Hughes as "a numbing shock, which is more akin to when terrorist attacks have occurred around the world".
But the difference is akin to when Apple originally said that third-party developers can build apps for iPhone, but they'd have to use the web browser to do it.
This is akin to when William Burroughs appeared in a Nike commercial but even then it was kind of funny to see that cadaverous old man say "The purpose of technology is not to confuse the brain but to serve the body".
Today, when wearing a plain T-shirt seems akin to nudity, when men wear, and mix, patterns freely, the effect of the simple solid colors worn together has a striking minimalist strength.
There were no moments akin to 1992, when Mr. Clinton interviewed Mr. Gore well into the early morning.
A smallish steering wheel and self-leveling suspension add a sensation of agility, which gives a feeling akin to fun when guiding the behemoth down a mountain lane.
"Would the U.S. have toppled Saddam Hussein if he had nuclear weapons?" To many in the Obama administration, though, the Iranian threat seems more akin to 1949, when the Soviets tested their first nuclear device.
Other opponents seem upset by the thought of anyone making money from cutting down trees at all, which is akin to weeping when a farmer harvests a field of wheat.
