How to Use liken in a Sentence

liken

verb

• I think that we can liken the two pianists, at least in terms of natural talent.
• Romer likens the role to a head coach for a basketball team.
  — Anna Oakes, Quartz, 16 June 2023
• 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
• Ross likened the construction to the Berlin Wall, calling it a travesty.
  — Kate Morrissey, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2023
• Some likened the launch to Musk’s SpaceX rocket exploding.
  — Shannon Larson, BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2023
• His yards-after-the-catch ability is among his strengths, with Chiefs coach Andy Reid likening him to a running back.
  — Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Mar. 2023
• In his speech, Netanyahu likened Israel to the baby in the Biblical story of Solomon’s judgment.
  — Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2023
• Muhammad likens him to former Oregon star De’Anthony Thomas.
  — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2023
• In the video, Khan — who was jailed in August on corruption charges — greets his supporters and likens his time in prison to a fight for the freedom of Pakistan.
  — Niha Masih, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2023
• In fact, Hagen likens the no-contact rule to a detox—one that will actually help clear your mind post-breakup.
  — Megan Schaltegger, Women's Health, 8 May 2023
• In the book, Spears likens herself to Benjamin Button, a character who ages backward through time.
  — TIME, 20 Oct. 2023
• Ben likened the case against Trump to the pursuit of notorious gangster Al Capone for tax evasion.
  — Tim Craig, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2023
• The host continued to imagine how the rest of Twitter exchange played out, likening it to a schoolyard showdown.
  — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2023
• The trailer likens the pastry race between the companies to the space race, which was happening during the film’s setting in 1963.
  — Kaitlyn Huamani, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024