How to Use analogous in a Sentence

analogous

adjective
  • And there are many problems that are analogous to that.
    Eric Johnson, Recode, 3 Oct. 2018
  • What men have done to women over hundreds of years is more analogous to a crime scene than an engine that’s out of whack.
    Eric Johnson, Recode, 3 Oct. 2018
  • The horses are, in some ways, analogous to cars in GTA.
    Andrew Webster, The Verge, 25 Oct. 2018
  • Obviously that was not analogous to Landon's, because with Landon's the ball kind of popped out.
    Grant Wahl and Brian Straus, SI.com, 2 July 2018
  • All told, the nine-game Wild Card round was the most-watched on record, drawing 25% more viewers than last season’s analogous telecasts.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The pardon power is analogous to the royal prerogative.
    Fox News, 10 June 2018
  • The second component is being able to use healing, cooling, and pressure to create something analogous to muscle fibers.
    Angela Chen, The Verge, 9 Nov. 2018
  • However, our piriform cortex is thought to be analogous to the insect mushroom body in its connectivity.
    Tom Hawking, Popular Science, 2 Oct. 2024
  • These situations aren't completely analogous, of course.
    Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 6 July 2018
  • The rather disgusting term is applied to these scams as the victim has their trust built up by the attackers before moving in for the kill, in an analogous way to a pig being fattened up before slaughter.
    Davey Winder, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • That situation is analogous to what WoodSpring Suites could foster with its bargain rates for longer stays, Witkowski said.
    Tom Daykin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 June 2018
  • A James Beard Award in the food world is analogous to an Oscar in the movie world.
    Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 25 Jan. 2023
  • The House’s role in the impeachment is analogous to that of a grand jury.
    Matt Ford, The New Republic, 9 Oct. 2019
  • Xi’s view of Taiwan is analogous to Putin’s view of Ukraine.
    Dan Sullivan, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2022
  • By comparing the sizes of the youngest fish to the growth rates of analogous modern fish, the team even refined this date.
    David Bressan, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2021
  • Try it in a palette of analogous colors such as sky blue and spring green for a soft, serene look.
    Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
  • There’s no analogous sort of tasks in any other art form.
    Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Jan. 2024
  • Biden has faced pivotal nights like this before, the most analogous being his March State of the Union.
    Philip Elliott, TIME, 28 June 2024
  • This week, the Democrats should try an analogous approach in Congress.
    Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 1 Nov. 2021
  • There’s an analogous thing that happens with the Earth system.
    Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
  • Old forests are analogous to cities with life that thrives at every level.
    Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 3 Feb. 2024
  • The hood of a car, which is more analogous to a frying pan than pavement or concrete, is even hotter.
    Layla McMurtrie, USA TODAY, 29 July 2022
  • That per capita toll is analogous to Germany’s and one of the lowest in the world among larger nations.
    Victor Davis Hanson, National Review, 2 Apr. 2020
  • Rothfeld said the unit is analogous to a hospital inside the prison.
    Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2020
  • This scene feels analogous to The Bold Type itself mulling over its Eva decision.
    Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 27 May 2021
  • An athlete’s VO2 max is analogous to a car’s engine size.
    Emily Giambalvo, Washington Post, 26 July 2024
  • Home-charging equipment is analogous to a USB cable to charge your phone.
    Dave Vanderwerp, Car and Driver, 25 July 2023
  • This is analogous to the concepts of zero-trust where every session should be assumed to be a breach (at first).
    Emil Sayegh, Forbes, 18 May 2021
  • Churchill would like to set up something within the game space of Magic that is more analogous to a computer.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 23 June 2019
  • Their solutions are analogous to putting a Band-Aid on a cancer.
    WSJ, 3 May 2022

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