How to Use make like in a Sentence

make like

idiom

• These limits prevented other huge new classes of newcomers until more recent rule changes allowed Sanders to make like Majors 50 years later.
  — Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY, 17 July 2023
• Why won’t De León make like a tree and get out of here?
  — Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2022
• So make like Fred Mertz, pull the glasses off the top of your head and dive in.
  — Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2021
• And anyone with a patch of ground can make like John Erb.
  — Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 27 Apr. 2023
• And anyone with a patch of ground can make like John Erb.
  — Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 27 Apr. 2023
• If the Bucs make like the 2020 Bucs, who caught fire late in the season, a Super Bowl run could ensue.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2022
• So make like Demi Moore and see off the last leg of summer with swimwear in the most vibrant of tones.
  — Alex Kessler, Glamour, 16 Aug. 2022
• Gulls could make like pigeons and take to downtown life just fine.
  — Leslie Nemo, Discover Magazine, 27 Sep. 2021
• That will make like difficult on a Mesquite team that feasts off turnovers.
  — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 30 Nov. 2021
• Zhao make like Iñárritu and win two in a row in Best Director?
  — Nate Jones, Vulture, 7 May 2021
• Or make like a Believe-land fan and get tickets to the Guardians, Browns and/or Cavaliers.
  — Paris Wolfe, cleveland, 6 Oct. 2022
• So make like Ari and wear a f*cking mask. Follow Kelsey on Instagram!
  — Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 3 Aug. 2020
• That Tanya is able to make like John Wick and gun down three of her would-be assassins should seem silly.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 12 Dec. 2022
• If your hair is bob-length, make like TikToker Lyss and just use a single scrunchie.
  — Jacqueline Kilikita, refinery29.com, 6 May 2021
• Instead, make like an all-day diner and serve it for dinner.
  — Jessica Battilana, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Mar. 2021
• In other words, don’t fear the grip of spandex, and instead make like Shia and welcome its embrace.
  — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 18 Nov. 2020
• These Prime deals on sandals are going super fast, though, so make like a kid at the pool when the lifeguard isn't looking - run!
  — Sabrina Rojas Weiss, PEOPLE.com, 22 June 2021
• And so, the idea became trying to make like a poetic agreement with the audience.
  — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2022
• So just in case, the writers are prepared for Bledel to make like her character and return to the brutal land of The Handmaid’s Tale for its sixth and final season.
  — Vulture, 14 Sep. 2022
• So, make like Joel and Ellie and get prepared for anything with this checklist of survival kit essentials — and stock up for your own peace of mind, too.
  — Kayla Becker, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2023
• Sue Bird tried to make like it just another day, another game and another fond farewell as her season of fond farewells winds down.
  — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 29 July 2022
• This pandemic has shone a light on the work required of all the cogs in the wheel of capitalism in order to make like five white dudes insanely wealthy and space-travel ready.
  — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 30 Sep. 2021
• Most days, the popular Kiss the Bricks tour is offered, which includes a lap around the 2.5-mile oval in a bus with a stop at the finish line, where visitors can make like a winner and press their lips to bricks.
  — Susan Glaser, cleveland, 13 July 2023
• As a result, many retailers are now trying to make like Domino’s and pushing themselves to challenge all the varying degrees to which their stores can function.
  — Chris Walton, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
• This time of year, Illinois lawmakers make like wayward college students cramming to finish up a semester’s worth of work in time for summer break.
  — Lisa Donovan, chicagotribune.com, 24 May 2021
• This year, a smaller contingent of buyers is expected to make like swallows to Capistrano and return to Hollywood during the week of May 23.
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 20 May 2022
• Opt for ample volume, black ribbon, and an air of insouciance—or make like Emily and replace said nonchalance with ready enthusiasm.
  — Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2021
• But don’t expect to make like Dr Evil and turn one into an enormous private estate—these shards of paradise are being auctioned off with the express condition that successful bidders must commit to building a resort of some kind on the land.
  — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 25 May 2021

Last Updated: 19 Sep 2024