Example sentences for: likens

How can you use “likens” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • A colleague likens Remnick's avoidance of limousine service to President Carter's despised modesty.

  • Newsweek 's longer piece likens this to swapping Katharine Hepburn for Madonna: Whitney was revered for her practicality, whereas Fuller exudes buzz.

  • The paper likens these mega-mergers to the industrial upheavals at the beginning of the twentieth century, when more than a dozen auto companies became General Motors and dozens of steel companies were forged by J.P.

  • 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."

  • The Wall Street Journal also runs a story on the report, noting that it likens day trading to gambling.


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