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Example sentences for: likens

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The piece likens Kaczynski to abolitionist John Brown, who was tried and hanged after he resisted efforts to classify him as insane.
Newsweek 's Jonathan Alter likens John's flying to his father's piloting of a PT boat in the war: "They both grabbed life by the lapels."
As with its reporting on the original Indian announcement of the tests last week, the Times captures the national pride they have inspired, a feeling the paper likens to the way we felt about our original astronauts.
The magazine profiles the difficult, brilliant James Thackara, who has written an 1,100-page novel about World War II and likens himself to Tolstoy.
A colleague likens Remnick's avoidance of limousine service to President Carter's despised modesty.