How to Use liken in a Sentence

liken

verb
  • I think that we can liken the two pianists, at least in terms of natural talent.
  • Luke likened his brain to a bronc.
    — Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Many have likened it to mash-ups in music.
    — Food Editor, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Willrich likens the changes to the start of a new era for the law school.
    — Anne Ryman, azcentral, 16 May 2018
  • All in all, some would liken this to a kind of cracking at the seams.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • One user likened it to a meal for a turtle.
    — Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Scientists liken it to how a drain plug works.
    — Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Some scholars have likened the process to a kind of public penance.
    — Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Comey likened it to a mafia induction.
    — Ed White, Twin Cities, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Alpert has the set in saffron and likens them to liquid gold of bed linens.
    — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Some liken it to forcing a minnow to swallow a whale.
    — Abe Streep, ProPublica, 9 June 2026
  • At one point in the set, Rife likened acrylic nails to Bugles.
    — Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Chiefs coach Andy Reid this week likened it to a college game.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Chin-Hong likened it to a weather report.
    — Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
  • He was likened to a poor poker player who couldn’t disguise his tell.
    — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 14 June 2019
  • Meanwhile, others liken it to skin after an ocean swim.
    — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Alpert likens it to hugging a bag of marshmallows.
    — Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Mahr likens the tools to a cooked meal, and the raw datasets to ingredients.
    — Marlowe Starling, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Others liken the shape of a split-open biscuit to spread angel wings.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The strong sweet scent has been likened to sugar cookies, fruit, or vanilla.
    — oregonlive, 30 Jan. 2020
  • Marston likened the system to having sprinklers in place.
    — Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Gustern would liken the mouth to a theater, and the arch over the tongue a proscenium.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 29 Mar. 2022
  • Accordion likened this to training for a marathon.
    — Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 4 Nov. 2025
  • He's posted a video likening it to the Grim Reaper.
    — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Naraghi likened the process to skin that can stretch, heal, and return to its original shape.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Some experts liken it to trying to spot a snowball in a snowstorm.
    — Dr. Megha Gupta, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Yoon has likened the move by doctors to walk off the job as holding hostage the lives and health of people.
    — Jenny Lee, Fortune Asia, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Mak’s wife, Kit Chan, 74, likened their home to ruins.
    — Kanis Leung, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Roberts likened the option to more of a reset than a demotion.
    — Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
  • In fact, Cochran likened it to the texture of mulberry silk.
    — Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 9 Mar. 2026

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