Sentence examples for is set like from inspiring English sources
Mary is set like Satan to beguile us.
She is sleek and well groomed and her face is set like a jelly.
The novel is set, like much of his work, in his real-life home county of Gaomi.
"Jitney" is set, like most of the 20th-century cycle, in the Hill District of Pittsburgh, where Wilson lived as a child.
Yes, they will concede that it is set, like all their work, in Belgium – specifically, the industrial suburb of Seraing, where they were born.
Last year, Ms. Whelan originated a lead role in Mr. Wheeldon's "Polyphonia," which is set, like the new work, to music by Gyorgy Ligeti.
The handlebars and foot pegs were set like those on a race bike, though less extreme.
In celebration, the story goes, the quintessentially Peruvian condor was set like a living banderilla to torment the imperial bull.
The clocks are set like normal alarm clocks, but when they ring, noise will turn them off for 4 minutes.
Many relevant musical terms -- oratorio, aria, etc. -- are set, like footnotes, at the bottom of the page and explained.
Jet, too, are the rims of her amber eyes, as though heavily mascara'd, and the tiny mobile eyebrow tufts that are set like accents above them.
