Sentence examples for likened from inspiring English sources

Most despicably of all the columnist Richard Littlejohn suggested Chahal, who has a long record of bringing groundbreaking cases, might have a crush on Sutcliffe; the writer likened her to "one of those madwomen who write to serial killers and end up marrying them".

Miliband was likened to the cartoon character Elmer Fudd and a creme de menthe.

The demonstrators likened Orbán to Russia's Vladimir Putin, and flew the EU flag, which Orban regularly denounces.

He likened himself to an ascetic and a house cat and said he rarely left the house, spending most of his days surfing the internet – though visitors have brought him piles of books.

In an interview, Noah likened himself to Stewart, his soon-to-be-predecessor, as a fellow progressive.

A party member likened Obasanjo's hectoring of Jonathan to a father's disappointment with his son.

But Obama's opponents likened the gesture to appeasing the Nazis (see more below).

Clegg was likened to Fred from Scoobie Doo, a Smart car, a bottle of Babycham and a chihuahua in a handbag.

Railing against the people on the left who likened him to Franco and Pétain: "Why not Hitler?", Mr Sarkozy added; Mr Hollande had the answer: "You would be hard pressed to pass yourself off as a victim".

He was "famously peaceful", said Bono, while Michael Stipe described him as a "southern gentleman" and likened him to the elder brother he never had.

Two former senior Justice Department officials are calling on their colleagues to investigate a secretive warehouse used for interrogations by Chicago police and likened to a CIA "black site" facility.