Sentence examples for closest parallel from inspiring English sources

The closest parallel he finds is 1976.

On a fundamental level, her closest parallel is Chekhov.

(The war, in McGovern's judgment, "may have been Vietnam's closest parallel in U.S. military history").

Its closest parallel from recent memory is "Contact," Susan Stroman's effervescent, self-described "dance play".

"People often say to me that the closest parallel to today is the 1930s.

Oddly enough, Shanghai offers the closest parallel for the debate over the racecourse.

The closest parallel is Old Hanoi with its ochre-hued mansions, but that's almost gone.

Flamingos have a highly specialized method of feeding, which has its closest parallel in certain whales.

The closest parallel is Mr. Morris's staging of Rameau's "Platée" in 2004, also at the New York State Theater.

The closest parallel is Nigeria, which is also struggling to build democracy and should eventually be given debt relief.

An event that commentators repeatedly described as an "only in America" catharsis had its closest parallel overseas.