How to Use dissimilar in a Sentence

dissimilar

adjective
  • The two movies are very dissimilar.
  • The question is not dissimilar to one asked earlier.
  • The writers have dissimilar backgrounds.
  • When viewed through such a lens, wrestling might not seem too dissimilar to yoga.
    — Don Riddell, CNN, 28 June 2021
  • He’s been thrown into a fire not dissimilar from this one before.
    — Jim Ayello, Indianapolis Star, 25 Aug. 2019
  • When turning sharply, there’s a grind not too dissimilar from the sound of creaking old bones.
    — James Raia, Mercury News, 4 May 2026
  • While both airlines are known for their low fares, the two carriers are dissimilar in many ways.
    — Susan Glaser, cleveland, 28 July 2022
  • The process for updating is not dissimilar to the method described above.
    — David Phelan, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • The process for updating is not dissimilar to the method described above.
    — David Phelan, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026
  • But beauty is in the eye of the beholder and newness is not too dissimilar.
    — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2024
  • But beauty is in the eye of the beholder and newness is not too dissimilar.
    — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2024
  • Some of those tools aren’t too dissimilar from what firefighters use today.
    — Erik S. Hanley, jsonline.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • That’s not too dissimilar than those in an Ares Management debt fund that lends to pro sports teams.
    — Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 27 June 2024
  • This would not be too dissimilar to how Elliott worked under Klopp.
    — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • And if so, how dissimilar is that impulse from the hope that my writing can beat back a fate of inconsequence for me.
    — Mitchell S. Jackson, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023
  • There’s a lot of water dripping and bird twittering here, and some of it is not dissimilar enough to matter.
    — Lori Waxman, chicagotribune.com, 25 Oct. 2019
  • It was left for Young to complete the scoring, a goal not dissimilar to his first, in stoppage time at the end of the game.
    — SI.com, 28 Aug. 2019
  • This story of a young woman on the cusp of change isn’t too dissimilar from what’s happening in her own career right now.
    — David Opie, IndieWire, 18 June 2024
  • The two dissimilar items are thrown together like peanut butter and chocolate in a Reese’s cup.
    — Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Jan. 2023
  • The state that Putin has built is not that dissimilar from the old Soviet Union.
    — Isaac Chotiner, Slate Magazine, 11 Oct. 2017
  • That’s not very dissimilar in the sense of the gathering together and the being present in the moment.
    — Emily McFarlan Miller | Religion News Service, Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2018
  • The tone and grit is authentic to the original show, and the writing never feels too dissimilar.
    — Jack Dunn, Variety, 25 Feb. 2025
  • The more dissimilar these state laws, the better for the NCAA.
    — Michael McCann, SI.com, 4 Oct. 2019
  • The platform is flooded with brand try-ons and ‘shop with me’ content — though dissimilar from its heyday, there isn’t a logo in sight.
    — Lucy Maguire, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The roots of Pinchuk’s wealth are not dissimilar from those of the Russian oligarchs who once held court in Davos.
    — Mark Landler and Matina Stevis-Gridneff, BostonGlobe.com, 23 May 2022
  • The front of the home has large, white columns, not dissimilar to the White House, and red brick leading down to a driveway.
    — Irene Wright, USA Today, 12 May 2026
  • In tone and content, the tweets were not dissimilar to many other things Stone has said on the social media platform over the years.
    — Olivia Nuzzi, Daily Intelligencer, 29 Oct. 2017
  • New York, the greatest city in the world, had something set-like about it, not dissimilar to the sets in my father’s old productions.
    — Hedia Anvar, Longreads, 23 June 2018
  • Squalane, a lipid not dissimilar to skin’s natural sebum, softens and smooths without clogging pores.
    — Sophie Wirt, InStyle, 19 June 2026
  • The image above probably isn’t too dissimilar to what the Cubs gave Bregman.
    — Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026

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