How to Use not unlike in a Sentence
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Plus, the glossy lacquer of Aqua Net was not unlike the sugar on the pastry.
—Victor Lodato, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
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In 2022, the Padres were scuffling down the stretch not unlike the Giants last season.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2024
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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
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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
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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
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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
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At times the system seemed unfixable, not unlike the NCAA.
—Steve Leblanc, Fortune, 25 Dec. 2023
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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
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For Kelley, the songwriting process is not unlike a day spent on the lake catching fish.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
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The resulting soundtrack is not unlike that of an L.A. beach.
—Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2024
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The next phase is going to be going house to house, not unlike Fallujah in 2004.
—Abc News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2023
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What is not unlike the national level, there’s a lot of donors who are aging out.
—Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Nov. 2022
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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
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The demonstrations led to mass arrests, not unlike those seen in recent weeks on the same campus.
—Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 7 May 2024
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The game that Fox News has played over the past few years is to have one strategy on TV and another in court, not unlike the kayfabe in pro wrestling.
—Daniel Novack, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Apr. 2023
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Mike Pence Pence’s goal for this debate is not unlike his goal for his campaign overall.
—James Pindell, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Aug. 2023
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Working with the best architects in the world is not unlike working with the best filmmakers.
—Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Sep. 2023
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Lisa's dad and Kirsten's mom were both widowed, with three children each (not unlike the Brady Bunch family).
—Maria Godoy, NPR, 6 Apr. 2024
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These trees have a presence not unlike Tolkien’s ents, those humanoid-like tree creatures.
—Catherine Fairweather, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Mar. 2024
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The rift between the sides is a slippery one, not unlike Rae’s Creek fronting the 12th green at Augusta National.
—The New York Times, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2022
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The first is the Hot Fudge Pudding Cake, a comforting puddle of goodness, warm, rich and kind of messy, not unlike love itself.
—oregonlive, 10 Feb. 2023
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So the question, not unlike health care, is why is dental care so expensive?
—Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 14 July 2024
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The star also rocked a voluminous hairdo — not unlike a look her mom Cindy Crawford would boast back in the '90s.
—Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024
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The look is very edgy-chic, and yet still classic enough to have universal appeal — not unlike Megan Fox herself.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 20 Nov. 2023
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Something new? Hold on… not unlike Kenzie Petty, I am being told that the challenge is not over.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 23 May 2024
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Some of them use candles or tarot cards, ask you to click on a sound, or promise results in hours or minutes (sounding not unlike chain mail from the 2000s).
—Chloe Berger, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2024
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Working with her was not unlike working with an indie artist.
—Ryan Leas, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2023
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Those polyps build skeletons out of calcium carbonate, not unlike a snail growing a shell, that form the structure of the reef.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 2 July 2024
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Often consumed neat, sipped from a shot glass, the strong flavor, not unlike absinthe, is one that people tend to either love or hate.
—Country Living, 8 May 2023
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Abruzzo described a back-and-forth that’s not unlike a David and Goliath story, if Goliath was simply trying to run out the clock and leave David high and dry.
—Chloe Berger, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2024
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