Examples of liken in a Sentence
he generally likened a root canal to some horrible form of torture
I think that we can liken the two pianists, at least in terms of natural talent.
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So naturally, the thought of turning Hypergnosis into an ethical company doesn’t compute, even to a seemingly conscientious person like Harper, who likens Anushka’s vision to buying a jet and asking where the brakes are.
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Scott Tobias, Vulture, 10 May 2026
Project leaders liken the task to building a ship inside a glass bottle—except the neck of the bottle is a mile long, and the ship is a one-tenth-scale aircraft carrier.
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 May 2026
Sometimes small breaches reveal weaknesses that threat actors later exploit in future leaks, said Yuceel, who likened it to a leak in a boat.
—Heather Hollingsworth, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
All of this only adds to conviction in AI, but also has some investors with long memories likening the current period to the late 1990s when the stock market boomed thanks to internet investment before the bubble eventually burst in 2000.
—Sarah Min, CNBC, 8 May 2026
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Scott Tobias, Vulture, 10 May 2026
Project leaders liken the task to building a ship inside a glass bottle—except the neck of the bottle is a mile long, and the ship is a one-tenth-scale aircraft carrier.
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 May 2026
Sometimes small breaches reveal weaknesses that threat actors later exploit in future leaks, said Yuceel, who likened it to a leak in a boat.
—Heather Hollingsworth, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
All of this only adds to conviction in AI, but also has some investors with long memories likening the current period to the late 1990s when the stock market boomed thanks to internet investment before the bubble eventually burst in 2000.
—Sarah Min, CNBC, 8 May 2026
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“Liken.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/liken. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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