How to Use liken in a Sentence

liken

verb
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  • I think that we can liken the two pianists, at least in terms of natural talent.
  • Colt calls her out for likening viewers to dogs, but, for Leitch, the bacon is the message.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 2 May 2024
  • One friend of his likened this quality to watching a professional athlete in a flow state.
    — Adrienne Lafrance, The Atlantic, 29 Apr. 2024
  • Speculative ticketing’s most vocal critics have likened the practice to fraud.
    — Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 9 May 2024
  • McCurdy likened the modern range in kratom products to the difference between light beer and everclear.
    — Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2024
  • In the song, Swift playfully mocks a former flame about his love for vintage typewriters and likening himself to legendary poets.
    — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 4 May 2024
  • Perry likens the anti-Vietnam war protests to the campus protests sparked by the Israel-Hamas war in 2024.
    — Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 17 July 2024
  • Jacquemus likened the filmmaking experience to working on a runway production.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 10 July 2024
  • Others have likened the appearance of some male protesters, who wrap kaffiyehs or other scarves around their heads so that only their eyes are exposed, to members of Hamas or the Klan.
    — Nicholas Fandos, New York Times, 2 May 2024
  • Despite her sister’s ascension to legendary status, Adria has likened their relationship to that of typical siblings.
    — Nasha Smith, Peoplemag, 17 July 2024
  • Some lawmakers outside Kansas City had also likened the measure to Missouri giving tax breaks to help major corporations.
    — Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2024
  • Romer likens the role to a head coach for a basketball team.
    — Anna Oakes, Quartz, 16 June 2023
  • Hubbard, 37, likened Cooke’s temper to that of a child.
    — Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 13 June 2024
  • Yoon has likened the move by doctors to walk off the job as holding hostage the lives and health of people.
    — Jenny Lee, Fortune Asia, 22 Feb. 2024
  • The narrator likens this to trying on a dress that’s been forgotten at the back of the closet.
    — Willing Davidson, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Sportswriters likened his fame to Elvis Presley’s and his achievements to Hank Aaron’s.
    — Michael S. Rosenwald, Washington Post, 12 May 2023
  • Sportswriters likened his fame to Elvis Presley's and his achievements to Hank Aaron's.
    — Michael S. Rosenwald, BostonGlobe.com, 13 May 2023
  • At one point in the song, the singer likens herself to a butterfly that has flown away, with no one left to catch her — or reign her in.
    — Tim Chan, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The title likens the blue, windy atmosphere on Neptune to that of the wintry Cape.
    — Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Lawsuits have likened removing the bone around the stem to peeling a banana.
    — Anna Werner, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2023
  • In that sense, Weisman likens the scenes that take place in the home Sheila and Danny once shared together to a play.
    — Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Rank likens the job market to a game of musical chairs with 10 players and eight chairs.
    — Timothy Noah, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Koopman likened their conclusions to calling the race of a marathon before it is run.
    — Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Philip Phillips of Urbana-Champaign likens a strange metal’s electrons to the rubber in a tire.
    — Quanta Magazine, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Scott Gallegos likened the smell to the one fast-food workers constantly have to wash out of their clothes.
    — Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Santos likens it to ChatGPT, which predicts the next word in a sentence.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 5 Dec. 2023
  • In the introduction, Malin even likens Italy to an ice cream cone in July.
    — Alex Erdekian, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Masters likened the changes to tweaks in a stump speech, the quick pitch to voters that politicians deliver while on the campaign trail.
    — Laura Gersony, The Arizona Republic, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Taylor likens Emma to the historic figure and says that boys would change their ways (or pretend to, anyway) for the chance to be with her.
    — Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 7 July 2023
  • One of the style experts in our guide to men’s slippers likened it to slipper James Bond would wear while staying in a glamorous Swiss chalet.
    — Sarah Grossbart, wsj.com, 10 Nov. 2023

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