verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Critics have likened the new city hall building to a barn.
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He likened today's stockmarket to that of the 1920's.
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Morris has often been likened to Bobby Kennedy.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A reporter can only write one story at a time, which I liken to preparing just one dish at a time.
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But if she had to liken him to anything it would be an overgrown teddy bear in determined pursuit of his honey.
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It will liken welfare to drugs: soothing, addictive, and utterly destructive of independence and initiative.
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Retailers were delighted, likening the sales pace to the Christmas season.
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Then Jones will liken Switzer to some of the great men in world history, like Marco Polo.
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There was no attempt to liken any Conservative minister, or downtrodden Chancellor, to Baldrick or anyone else.
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Was she likening the salvation of two white women and a Kurd to that of Noah's family?