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How to use liken in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word liken? Here are some examples.

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Some paragliding pilots liken their sport to paddling a Class V river while blindfolded.
Many liken him to a stern Victorian mill owner but there is a soft centre lurking within the hard exterior.
The truth of the leaving reach calculation is mostly a use of the power of the transmitter's digital systems to trustily liken the four signs.
It's all very well to liken a restaurant to the army, but mess cooks seldom win medals for bravery.
For example, the editors of the Oxford English Dictionary liken the lexicographer to the naturalist.
We could be mean and liken it to one of the charity pantomime horses that trots over the finishing line eight hours after the marathon was won.
Proponents of the plan liken it to the Cold War strategy of boosting military spending while pushing for arms-control talks.
She gets more like him as she gets older, but thinks most people would liken her to her mother.
Well, if I liken my writing career to a half-marathon race, I'd say I'm about halfway.
So too, it is only sleeping children that we liken to angels-even though our hymnody reminds us that angels never sleep!
In the last part of your article you liken the act of music piracy to the theft of physical property.
Our proposal today is to liken environmental problems to questions of health and safety at the workplace.
We liken it to holding a race with different finish lines for each participant.
The only description of their attention and assistance that seems adequate is to liken them to concierges at really good hotels.
In fact, the Michigan congressman went so far as to liken them to Judas Iscariot.
Funny that we liken that sort of interminableness to fair ground rides.
Some in Washington liken Iraq a tad tastelessly, perhaps to a giant takeover target, with the resources to pay for its own restructuring.
These markings, which some people liken to suspenders, are easily seen from above when the dolphin is riding bow waves.
Now I would prefer to liken us to a chemicals company that manufactures products using oil as a base.
If you liken a long train to an accordion, pulling forces tend to separate cars and pushing forces will compress them together.
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Examples from Classical Literature
If we liken them to gold, she has made her assay and says the gold is pure.
As well liken a fugue with flute and cymbals to an oratorio with bombardon and sky-rockets!
To what shall I liken its glorious perfection of form, or the fire that imbues the cold marble with the soul of a god?
When there is no wind at all we may liken it to the navigation of a smooth lake or pond.
I should liken the white man to the horse, the black man to the ox.
Many motorists liken their car to owning a pet and a high proportion go as far as giving their vehicle a pet name.
What then shall I liken the Sperm Whale to for fragrance, considering his magnitude?
Perhaps we may liken it most to a bubble such as boys blow from soap suds.
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