How to Use analogy in a Sentence

analogy

noun
  • Some see analogies to the Olympics.
    — Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 4 June 2026
  • My analogy would be that there are shark hunters out there.
    — Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2025
  • In the book analogy, base pairs are like the words in the book.
    — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
  • The depth chart, to pull up a sports analogy, is quite small.
    — James Powel, USA TODAY, 27 Oct. 2024
  • Here’s an analogy, which may be bad.
    — Lacey Rose, HollywoodReporter, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Yes, in fact, that’s a great analogy.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 21 Jan. 2026
  • What a great analogy for the way an actor can steal your heart.
    — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 2 June 2023
  • Munn's essay, which is full of smart points and spot-on analogies, is worth a read.
    — Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, 21 Dec. 2017
  • The bus stops at a red light as the analogy lurches to present day.
    — Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 17 July 2019
  • In other words, all of these analogies can only take you so far.
    — Jonah Goldberg, National Review, 17 Jan. 2018
  • The book is too long and has entirely too many physics analogies.
    — Marjorie Ingall, New York Times, 1 June 2016
  • There, on the edge of a mine, the analogy was to metal.
    — Big Think, 26 Aug. 2025
  • This is as good an analogy as any for what the last four and a half decades have been like.
    — Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Huszar uses a great analogy for this tip - surfers and waves.
    — Ashira Prossack, Forbes, 29 May 2021
  • Archery elk hunting is a good analogy for life.
    — Devon O’Neil, Outside, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Those are harsh analogies but not wholly inapt ones.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 1 May 2026
  • The analogy here would be that this is like a group project with a lot of cross-checking.
    — Quanta Magazine, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Those are things that are just kind of getting some tread, some wear on his tires for an analogy.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
  • For a less sepia-toned analogy, look to Steve Jobs.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • To be clear, this is only an analogy and shouldn’t be taken too far.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2025
  • So, the analogy is that the founders are the national parks of the world.
    — Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2025
  • That may not have been the best analogy, but the point is easy to understand.
    — Darick Spears, Rolling Stone, 10 Mar. 2023
  • For me, a simple analogy comes to mind to explain this in a way that makes sense.
    — Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • The two choices feel like an analogy for the right brain warring with the left brain.
    — Margaret Farrell, SPIN, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Then Hamilton asked her to draw an analogy of that view to her world at work.
    — Kevin Kelleher, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2022
  • There are analogies to the suspense that a pregnant woman must feel.
    — Caleb Crain, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Right now, the members are in spring training, to use a sports analogy.
    — Arkansas Online, 29 Jan. 2023
  • James looked to the ceiling, rubbed his face and settled on an analogy.
    — Daniel Popper, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Esteemed writers fall back on lazy analogies and text like drunk high schoolers.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Unsaid but key to his analogy was what, and who, would have to be pruned and removed.
    — Rui Zhong, Wired, 5 Dec. 2021

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