How to Use liken in a Sentence

liken

verb

• I think that we can liken the two pianists, at least in terms of natural talent.
• House Democrats have likened Trump’s conduct to bribery.
  — Sabrina Eaton, cleveland, 5 Dec. 2019
• Eichenwald’s lawyers have likened the attack to sending a bomb in the mail or anthrax in an envelope.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 17 Dec. 2019
• Two former sales leaders involved in the effort likened it to a drug dealer hooking a user with free samples.
  — Renee Dudley, ProPublica, 15 Nov. 2024
• Irving likened it to self-play, which has helped AI systems improve their strategies in games like chess and Go.
  — Stephen Ornes, Quanta Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024
• The guys in Brockhampton have often likened the group to a boy band, which has felt more like a conversation-starter than a legit classification.
  — Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Dec. 2019
• Libby-Roberts likens the cloud cover to that of Saturn’s moon Titan, which is entirely enveloped by a yellow haze.
  — Charlie Wood, Popular Science, 27 Dec. 2019
• On a reservation that routinely tops the list of the poorest places in the country, and that one study likened to a post-disaster landscape, the deluge turned systemic injustices into death sentences.
  — Julian Brave Noisecat, Harper's magazine, 5 Dec. 2019
• Steve Patterson’s reign as athletic director was an abject disaster, a two-year period some around the program likened to the Dark Ages.
  — Nick Moyle, ExpressNews.com, 12 Dec. 2019
• Greene isn’t the first figure on the right to attempt to liken Covid-19 to HIV.
  — Tommy Beer, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2021
• At one point in the set, Rife likened acrylic nails to Bugles.
  — Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2024
• Gustern would liken the mouth to a theater, and the arch over the tongue a proscenium.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 29 Mar. 2022
• Some patients liken the 700-volt shock to being kicked in the chest by a horse.
  — James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 6 May 2022
• Some scholars have likened the process to a kind of public penance.
  — Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2024
• Romer likens the role to a head coach for a basketball team.
  — Anna Oakes, Quartz, 16 June 2023
• Hubbard, 37, likened Cooke’s temper to that of a child.
  — Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 13 June 2024
• Yoon has likened the move by doctors to walk off the job as holding hostage the lives and health of people.
  — Jenny Lee, Fortune Asia, 22 Feb. 2024
• Others liken it to torture—for both the baby and the parent.
  — Jasmine Mote, Scientific American, 5 Aug. 2024
• The narrator likens this to trying on a dress that’s been forgotten at the back of the closet.
  — Willing Davidson, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
• The strong sweet scent has been likened to sugar cookies, fruit, or vanilla.
  — oregonlive, 30 Jan. 2020
• Sportswriters likened his fame to Elvis Presley’s and his achievements to Hank Aaron’s.
  — Michael S. Rosenwald, Washington Post, 12 May 2023
• Sportswriters likened his fame to Elvis Presley's and his achievements to Hank Aaron's.
  — Michael S. Rosenwald, BostonGlobe.com, 13 May 2023
• The banlieues are the margins; they can be likened to the overseas departments.
  — James McAuley, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2020
• Colt calls her out for likening viewers to dogs, but, for Leitch, the bacon is the message.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 2 May 2024
• At one point in the song, the singer likens herself to a butterfly that has flown away, with no one left to catch her — or reign her in.
  — Tim Chan, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2023
• In fact, Heimuli’s family doesn’t liken it to a journey at all.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Jan. 2022
• The title likens the blue, windy atmosphere on Neptune to that of the wintry Cape.
  — Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2023
• Lawsuits have likened removing the bone around the stem to peeling a banana.
  — Anna Werner, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2023
• In that sense, Weisman likens the scenes that take place in the home Sheila and Danny once shared together to a play.
  — Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Sep. 2023
• Perry likens the anti-Vietnam war protests to the campus protests sparked by the Israel-Hamas war in 2024.
  — Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 17 July 2024

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024