How to Use unlike in a Sentence

unlike

1 of 2 adjective

• But that too is not unlike moments in the video game franchise.
  — Tom Mendelsohn, Ars Technica, 10 June 2017
• The plot changes as time moves along, and time—unlike in real life—always moves along.
  — Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2020
• But unlike drive-through chains, taco truck food is handmade.
  — Eric Velasco, AL.com, 4 Oct. 2017
• The result is creamy but with lots of cereal crunch, and quite unlike most ice cream treats.
  — Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 11 June 2019
• Topped with cotija cheese, pickled cabbage, peanuts and cilantro, the dish was not unlike lasagna with meat sauce.
  — Anna Caplan, star-telegram, 31 Aug. 2017
• But unlike type A flu viruses, type B flu is found only in humans.
  — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, Indianapolis Star, 9 Feb. 2020
• Why is the city’s skyline far from the beach — unlike in Miami, Seattle and elsewhere?
  — Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2022
• Her long hair, tucked behind her ears, gave her a personal style that was quite unlike Shuangjie.
  — Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2019
• The Florida surfer said Salty Crew is unlike action-sports brands that focus on surf, skate and snow.
  — Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 11 Jan. 2017
• In Canada, a flaky tart shell holds a dense, sweet sugar custard not unlike pecan pie filling.
  — Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 29 May 2018
• These are profoundly native — unlike, say, the Salton Sea.
  — Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2021
• This means that it’s unique – unlike, say, money, which is a token of a currency with lots of units in existence that are all the same.
  — Bernard Marr, Forbes, 11 July 2022
• But this is a debate worth having — unlike with most bills in Sacramento.
  — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2022
• In another way, figure skating is not unlike golf, where the ball does not move but at least the real estate changes.
  — Bernie Lincicome, chicagotribune.com, 16 Feb. 2018
• So unlike sugar or starch, for instance, fiber is not actually a great source of fuel for the body.
  — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 15 May 2019
• The process has been referred to, and is not unlike, a very boisterous wake and is also a common practice among campaign staffers.
  — Nicole Goodkind, Fortune, 10 Mar. 2021
• Arya is more into violence and scare tactics (not unlike Dany last week).
  — Elyse Roth, Glamour, 13 Aug. 2017
• The Tod’s honcho is not unlike Moncler’s Remo Ruffini in his thinking.
  — Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2018
• But Bay Area drivers will likely not encounter much fog — unlike earlier this month, when a thick cloud of fog covered parts of the region.
  — Jessica Flores, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Nov. 2021
• This is unlike, say, a car loan, which allows borrowers the time to think rationally about taking it on.
  — Mckenna Moore, Fortune, 18 Dec. 2020
• Yet unlike cards and TV movies, ornaments are carefully stored and unwrapped each year.
  — Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 25 Nov. 2019
• And unlike ride hailing, driverless delivery is not dependent on the morning and evening rush when cabs are busiest.
  — Keith Naughton and Kyle Stock, chicagotribune.com, 19 Mar. 2018
• After all, fashion is not unlike fitness: Switch up your workout routine to keep the body guessing; switch up your wardrobe and rescue your style from a rut.
  — Madeline Fass, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2018
• Atoms with the same charges repel one another and atoms with unlike charges are attracted to one another.
  — Exploratorium, Scientific American, 19 Feb. 2015
• Unlike stop signs or traffic lights, the traffic circles allow cyclists to travel the street without coming to a full halt.
  — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 17 Apr. 2017
• And beams of light, unlike wires, are hazardous to human eyeballs, which means that these bots are not going to be free to play Johnny Appleseed any time soon.
  — Ellen Airhart, WIRED, 15 May 2018
• At least that’s what Piëch, a budding Swiss marque founded in 2017, has done with its newest car, a GT that’s quite unlike anything currently up for grabs.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 6 Oct. 2021
• Both service and support animals fly in the cabin for free, unlike household pets, for which American charges a $125 fee.
  — Lauren Zumbach, chicagotribune.com, 14 May 2018
• Will wrote that she was not bound by the Florida decision because the two companies were not adversaries in that case — unlike in the Delaware lawsuit.
  — Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 4 Oct. 2022
• His attorney, Meghan Blanco, said a major challenge for Olivas in his second federal trial was that — unlike in the first trial — prosecutors told the jury of his admissions in the state case.
  — Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2022

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unlike

2 of 2 preposition

• The plants that grow here are unlike the plants that grow where I live.
• She's unlike anyone I've ever met.
• Fires in Hawaii are unlike many of those burning in the U.S. West.
  — Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Aug. 2023
• That’s not unlike what happened a week ago in the 35-32 loss to the Dolphins.
  — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 14 Nov. 2022
• But for the other 89% – unlike for the Senegalese – the choice is no longer theirs.
  — Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Mar. 2024
• And unlike her, most activists in Uvalde are new to this.
  — Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 May 2023
• And unlike some wool socks that are itchy, these are soft and comfy.
  — Maya Polton, Parents, 28 Mar. 2024
• But unlike Toni, Bo is at least willing to hear Franz out.
  — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 19 Dec. 2023
• And unlike Netflix's show, this one has the royal stamp of approval.
  — Town & Country, 30 May 2023
• The short-eared owl can be found in prairies and wetlands, unlike most other owls that live in forests, Williams said.
  — Megan Marples, CNN, 10 Feb. 2023
• To come back and see the job through to the end with her mother at the helm of the program was a reward unlike any other for Emma.
  — Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Nov. 2022
• The result was a bloodbath unlike anything the tech industry has seen in the past decade.
  — Catherine Thorbecke, CNN, 30 Dec. 2022
• The film went on to be pretty big, unlike what Robbie had imagined.
  — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 25 Nov. 2022
• Right or wrong, the hype and protection around the young James is unlike almost anything else in sports.
  — Ethan Fuller, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Jan. 2023
• But, unlike so much of the internet sector this year, IAC was no tech-bubble 2.0 flash in the pan.
  — Laura Forman, WSJ, 14 Nov. 2022
• But unlike other patients who came and went, the 15-year-old wasn’t sick, much less in need of hospital care.
  — Elizabeth Koh, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Feb. 2023
• But unlike the number of births, the encounter tally includes people who did not stay in the U.S.
  — Eric Litke, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
• But unlike its hardside sibling, this bag only has a USB-A port.
  — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 28 July 2023
• Cabrera, unlike Pujols and Aaron, has a Triple Crown on his résumé.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 21 Feb. 2023
• But unlike that big Twitter Blue blunder, this is the kind of feature that people won’t care about.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 15 Nov. 2022
• But unlike their prior albums, there was no world tour on the horizon to keep the cycle going.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2023
• There’s a snappy corn base, a hint of lime and a clean finish, unlike the chemical stew that mars so many NA brews.
  — Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2024
• Carpenter—who, unlike a mermaid, has feet—paired the look with white peep-toe platform heels that are taking me back to the late 2000s.
  — Carrie Wittmer, Glamour, 6 Feb. 2023
• The support for that game is unlike anything in history.
  — Geek's Guide To The Galaxy, WIRED, 28 July 2023
• And unlike other stick vacuums, the device is self-standing for easy storage — there’s no need to mount it to a wall or hang it on the back of a door.
  — Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 22 Feb. 2024
• According to Watts, his wife had warm relations with Jagger and Richards and, unlike him, would play the Stones’ music around the house.
  — Hillel Italie, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Dec. 2022
• But cancers are unique to the human that have them, unlike a virus which can be similar across humans.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2023
• Straight-line wind, unlike tornadic wind, does not rotate.
  — Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2023
• The board is also asking the state to fully fund the raises, unlike past pay plans that have required UW campuses to cover 30% of the cost.
  — Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 9 Dec. 2022
• However, unlike the real Elliot Rodger, the character in the film is not a mass killer.
  — Ben Croll, Variety, 3 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024