Sentence examples for to liken from inspiring English sources

2. To liken; to compare.

Mr Putin recently seemed to liken America to Nazi Germany.

Later Goethe was to liken him to Francis Bacon.

It amused her to liken this to sexual infidelity.

Theron is also not the first person to liken such attention to war.

"She used to liken me to Jack Nicholson's character in The Shining.

So maybe I am wrong to liken tweeting to drinking and smoking.

He began to liken himself to "an ambassador for good will".

Cruz Bustamante, the Democratic lieutenant governor, has had to liken himself to Danny DeVito, Arnold's co-star in "Twins".

Griffin went on to liken Ballmer to "a cool dad who gives you candy" while comparing Sterling to "a weird uncle. .

One resident went so far as to liken the fumes to being afflicted by pepper spray.