Sentence examples for were likened from inspiring English sources
verb
To compare; to state that (something) is like (something else).
- The physics teacher likened the effect of mass on space to an indentation in a sheet of rubber.
Proponents were likened to communists, he says.
The measures were likened by the UN to torture.
Her stories in the collection Beautiful Girl were likened, in Newsweek, to those of Flannery O'Connor and Katherine Mansfield.
The superpowers were likened to a pair of scorpions in a bottle, each knowing a first strike would be suicidal.
Ellie had head injuries so severe they were likened by experts to those found in a high-speed car crash.
The practices were likened to two-hour wind sprints, unrelenting and exhausting for players on both sides of the ball.
Has been likened to Moliere.
In speeches, abortion was likened to genocide.
Laboratories can be likened to kitchens.
Ironically, she is likened to both Kate Nash and Amy Winehouse".
Soil can be likened to organisational culture.
