Sentence examples for were essentially like from inspiring English sources

"They were very happy to draw their pay every month, but they were essentially like civil servants," said Michael McGovern, a political anthropologist at Yale University.

At his sentencing hearing in March, where he received two concurrent 20-year terms, the longest sentence ever handed down to an American for computer crimes, the judge said, "What I found most devastating was the fact that you two-timed the government agency that you were cooperating with, and you were essentially like a double agent".

By 35 million to 40 million years ago, the basilosauroid whales had ears that were essentially like those of modern toothed whales.

The problem is that we assume email is essentially like speech.

When you add a website via the StumbleUpon website, you are essentially "liking" (StumbleUpon puts a slight spin on the traditional "favoriting"/ bookmarking" term) the item.

"It's essentially like ice skating.

The adult is essentially like the royal albatross.

That's essentially like sending them all to Andover.

"These things are essentially like nuclear bombs," said Matthew Prince, chief executive of CloudFlare.

Shakespeare's social background is essentially like that of his best contemporaries.

"It's essentially like a game of chess," said Robert Dankner, the president of Prime Manhattan Residential.