Sentence examples for be likened from inspiring English sources

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be likened

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To compare; to state that (something) is like (something else).

  • The physics teacher likened the effect of mass on space to an indentation in a sheet of rubber.

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Laboratories can be likened to kitchens.

Soil can be likened to organisational culture.

Financial derivatives can be likened to a new drug.

But it might be likened to a very fine colander.

According to him, it can be likened to national service.

Every presidential campaign can be likened to an atom.

The abrupt choreographic phrases can be likened to sobs.

It can fairly be likened to big-game hunting.

The dances of Jacqulyn Buglisi could be likened to a powdery musk.

The five-rayed symmetry of echinoderms may be likened to the vertebral axis of vertebrates.

One strategy might be likened to selling hair conditioner to a rival shampoo's loyal customers.

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