How to Use not unlike in a Sentence

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• This is an easy-to-grow leafy green that has a light crisp flavor not unlike spinach.
  — Deanna Kizis, Sunset Magazine, 5 Apr. 2023
• The result was a dry product not unlike clod.
  — J.c. Reid, Houston Chronicle, 28 Feb. 2026
• Her reaction was not unlike one that Fran on the show would have.
  — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Jan. 2026
• Working with her was not unlike working with an indie artist.
  — Ryan Leas, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2023
• The flywheel is small, not unlike an extra large shoebox.
  — Katia Riddle, NPR, 9 Apr. 2026
• Tuesday’s game was not unlike so many others this season, though.
  — Janis Carr, Oc Register, 26 Nov. 2025
• Men not unlike Humphrey Boyce, indeed.
  — Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
• What is not unlike the national level, there’s a lot of donors who are aging out.
  — Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Nov. 2022
• And, because the lake is so big, there’s only water as far as the eye can see, not unlike an ocean view.
  — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 4 Apr. 2024
• So the question, not unlike health care, is why is dental care so expensive?
  — Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 14 July 2024
• Has his own style, not unlike Joni Mitchell but from a different place.
  — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 11 Jan. 2026
• The look of the film is both haunting and inviting — not unlike that of a nightmare, or a horror film.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 15 May 2024
• These trees have a presence not unlike Tolkien’s ents, those humanoid-like tree creatures.
  — Catherine Fairweather, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Mar. 2024
• There, Wales had a philosophy not unlike our own.
  — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2026
• His farewell to the worm was not unlike the soliloquy of a movie villain about to dispatch the hero.
  — Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2023
• The demonstrations led to mass arrests, not unlike those seen in recent weeks on the same campus.
  — Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 7 May 2024
• Plus, the glossy lacquer of Aqua Net was not unlike the sugar on the pastry.
  — Victor Lodato, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
• For Kelley, the songwriting process is not unlike a day spent on the lake catching fish.
  — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
• His sort of hollow, oval eyes and mouth are not unlike a sort of Greek mask of tragedy, that kind of hollow horror.
  — Patricia Failing, ARTnews.com, 29 July 2024
• My then teen-age mother, whose birth nose looked not unlike her father’s, hadn’t even expressed a desire to have work done.
  — David Kamp, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2025
• To look inside the dishwasher is not unlike looking into the void.
  — Linnie Greene, Pitchfork, 21 Jan. 2026
• Kelce is dressed in what appears to be an all-white uniform of sorts, not unlike something an orderly might wear.
  — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 2 Oct. 2024
• Mike Pence Pence’s goal for this debate is not unlike his goal for his campaign overall.
  — James Pindell, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Aug. 2023
• But not unlike a mystery wrapped in an enigma packed deep inside of a question mark, there's even more to this scene than meets the eye.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 13 Apr. 2023
• The tech jobs may be the first victims, not unlike how Frankenstein’s monster killed its creator.
  — Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2025
• The Shape of Water, by the way, is a film not unlike Splash in some respects.
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2025
• The best case scenario looks like a greenish tan — not unlike the color palate of the Wicked movie itself.
  — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
• Working with the best architects in the world is not unlike working with the best filmmakers.
  — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Sep. 2023
• The company’s stock has dropped 70% in the last five years, a decline not unlike many of its media peers.
  — Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2026
• The airline business model is not unlike a restaurant’s, which sells some items at cost (or even at a loss) and others with high markups.
  — Scott Keyes, Time, 23 July 2025