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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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DiPaula likened Naloxone to carrying an EpiPen for allergic reactions.
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Vermes likens it to a friend who offers you a ride in his new sports car.
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Storper likens what happened in Los Angeles to the decline of the industrial upper Midwest.
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On Monday, another apparent Facebook posting emerged, obtained by The New York Times and first published by dealbreaker.com, in which Mr. Loeb again likened teachers unions to the Ku Klux Klan.
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Brandenburg likens it to having a hole punched in the film of a camera.
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Over the past couple of weeks, the Trump administration has been likened to everything from Survivor to the French Revolution.
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Stone likens it to a grand challenge, like the space race or Deep Blue, the chess-playing computer.
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Republican critics likened the bill to a tax that will hit Californians at the gas pump and the grocery store.
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First Known Use of liken
14th century
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