Sentence examples for distinctly like the from inspiring English sources

Passengers described hearing a series of small explosions in the tunnel, sounding distinctly like the "pop-pop" of an electrical fire.

There may be moments when you're dancing – in the mud, to an obscure post-grunge rock band with a man who looks distinctly like the Labour politician Tom Watson – when you begin to believe that festivals come together by magic.

Indeed, almost half the island has been designated as an area of outstanding natural beauty, and with the sun glinting it feels distinctly like the start of an adventure when getting off the ferry at East Cowes, where our two-wheeled circuit starts.

Nadal was down a set and a break, and he looked distinctly like the second best player on the court for much of the day.

This is the sweet and the savory, and it feels distinctly like the record the band wanted to make - they have a real affinity for the dusty analog past yet look toward a world so vivid and beautiful it sometimes hurts to imagine.

YouGov's sampling suggests the typical viewer (who mostly sounds distinctly like Paxman) is 60-plus, male, ABC1, works in government or civil service and lives in the south-east or Yorkshire.

The most critical is the Chrysler Pacifica, an S.U.V.-car combination that looks distinctly Mercedes-like (the luxury division gets its own version as well).

Now, the voice sounds distinctly like that of Mr. Polanski.

Nearly every afternoon, though, in what has distinctly felt like the start of a new day, I have set off with camera in hand by motorcycle and subway to some of the fast-disappearing old neighborhoods of this city, to knock on the doors of hundreds of ordinary, working-class people.

There was the Dora the Explorer Aquapet that looked distinctly like a dick and balls, the Muppets Beaker Hot Wheel car that also looked like a dick and balls, the E.T. Finger Light that resembled a big wrinkly penis, and this thing, which is essentially an action figure with a giant boner.

In a telephone interview, the couple's lawyer, Rüdiger Zuck, said his clients had no comment on the ruling, but added, with what sounded distinctly like a note of resignation, "The Germans are old-fashioned".