RESEMBLE in a Sentence
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225 example sentences for RESEMBLE, such as:
1. She resembles her brother in looks.
2. He resembles his father very closely.
3. In such cases, all women resemble Mahomet.
4. There was a distant resemblance between them.
5. It is one of the faults which resemble a duty.
2. He resembles his father very closely.
3. In such cases, all women resemble Mahomet.
4. There was a distant resemblance between them.
5. It is one of the faults which resemble a duty.
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Meanings and Examples of RESEMBLE
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resemble
v. appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 The colours are too dark, the figures are not sufficiently rounded, nor in good relief; the draperies in no way resemble stuffs.
2 Before him was one of those low hills covered with close-cut stubble, which, after the harvest, resemble shaved heads.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—THE EVENING OF A DAY OF WALKING
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—THE EVENING OF A DAY OF WALKING
3 The slab has here been replaced by a cross-beam, against which lean five or six shapeless fragments of knotty and petrified wood which resemble huge bones.
4 The pilasters are surmounted by globes which resemble cannon-balls of stone.
5 His sliding motion, his attitudes, his mysterious and rapid gestures, caused him to resemble those twilight larvae which haunt ruins, and which ancient Norman legends call the Alleurs.
6 Like all children, who resemble young shoots of the vine, which cling to everything, she had tried to love; she had not succeeded.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: CHAPTER III—TWO MISFORTUNES MAKE ONE PIECE OF GOOD FORTUN...
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: CHAPTER III—TWO MISFORTUNES MAKE ONE PIECE OF GOOD FORTUN...
7 It is one of the faults which resemble a duty.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER V—IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO BE DRUNK IN ORDER TO BE ...
Context Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER V—IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO BE DRUNK IN ORDER TO BE ...
8 The "noble" salons of the present day no longer resemble those salons.
9 There results from such concentration a passivity, which, if it were the outcome of reasoning, would resemble philosophy.
10 Our chimeras are the things which the most resemble us.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER V—POVERTY A GOOD NEIGHBOR FOR MISERY
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER V—POVERTY A GOOD NEIGHBOR FOR MISERY
11 Royal houses resemble those Indian fig-trees, each branch of which, bending over to the earth, takes root and becomes a fig-tree itself.
12 In such cases, all women resemble Mahomet.
13 Certain slang phrases which participate in the two epochs and have at once the barbaric character and the metaphorical character resemble phantasmagories.
14 From the Boulevard Bourdon to the bridge of Austerlitz one of those clamors which resemble billows stirred the multitude.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 10: CHAPTER III—A BURIAL; AN OCCASION TO BE BORN AGAIN
Context Highlight In BOOK 10: CHAPTER III—A BURIAL; AN OCCASION TO BE BORN AGAIN
15 A stir began distinctly in the Saint-Leu quarter, but it did not resemble the movement of the first attack.
Example Sentence:
1 That franchise was told that the blue was chosen to echo the sky, and the building is more orange and red to resemble the surrounding terrain.
2 They overlook two gun mounts that resemble cannon barrels; the Zumwalt's powerful new gun system can unload 600 rocket-powered projectiles on targets more than 70 miles away.
3 John does not at all resemble his father, and I am glad of it: John is like me and like my brothers--he is quite a Gibson.
4 It's amazing how closely Brian and Steve resemble each other.
5 She resembles her brother in looks.
6 He resembles his father very closely.
7 The twins resembled one another closely; only minute differences set them apart.
8 There was a distant resemblance between them.
9 Kehr bears a strong facial resemblance to her sister.
10 The plot of the movie bears more than a passing resemblance to Jane Austen's "Emma".
11 The resemblance between Susan and her sister was remarkable.
12 She bears a striking resemblance to her older sister.
13 The resemblance is undeniable, from the massive arch to the carved pillars.
14 We are tolerably conversant with the early English poets; and can discover no resemblance whatever, except in antiquated spelling and a few obsolete words.
15 She brought the child to the house to play with half-brothers and half-sisters, all of them unaware they were related, until the resemblance became too obvious.