look like
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: to have an appearance that is very similar to (someone or something) : to resemble (someone or something)
You look just like your mother!
That powdered sugar looks like snow.
Examples of look like in a Sentence
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At this moment, Voight does not look like a movie star or a soldier for Trump.
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Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 23 July 2024
What does success look like for Springboard for you five years from now?
—Harvard Business Review, 23 July 2024
When women’s gymnastics officially entered the Olympics, at the 1928 games in Amsterdam, competitors wore white headbands plus dark-colored shorts and T-shirts that by today’s standards look like something a casual, slightly rumpled weekend kickball league might wear.
—Dina Gachman, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 July 2024
Anal beads, which look like a string of round bulbs, are designed specifically to be moved in and out of the butt, Engle previously told SELF.
—Sarah Madaus, SELF, 10 July 2024
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Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 23 July 2024
What does success look like for Springboard for you five years from now?
—Harvard Business Review, 23 July 2024
When women’s gymnastics officially entered the Olympics, at the 1928 games in Amsterdam, competitors wore white headbands plus dark-colored shorts and T-shirts that by today’s standards look like something a casual, slightly rumpled weekend kickball league might wear.
—Dina Gachman, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 July 2024
Anal beads, which look like a string of round bulbs, are designed specifically to be moved in and out of the butt, Engle previously told SELF.
—Sarah Madaus, SELF, 10 July 2024
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“Look like.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/look%20like. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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