How to Use resemblance in a Sentence

resemblance

noun
Definition of resemblancenext
Synonyms for resemblancenext
  • There is no resemblance between her and her sister.
  • He doesn't look exactly like his father, but there is some resemblance.
  • The first two are me, the third is Bray and the fourth is Tristan… see the resemblance??
    — Country Living Staff, Country Living, 29 Mar. 2023
  • The resemblance — from the squint to the lopsided smile — is striking.
    — Alex Apatoff, Peoplemag, 21 Feb. 2023
  • The girl, Cruz said, bore a striking resemblance to her.
    — Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2023
  • The theory was based on nothing more than a slight resemblance between Brody and the man in the video.
    — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2023
  • The sloth bear’s name comes from the resemblance to the 3-toed sloth and their ability to hang upside down from tree limbs.
    — Zachary Smith, cleveland, 25 Aug. 2023
  • This 1-year-old boy brings to mind a very, very small version of a black panther, but that is where the resemblance ends.
    — The Republic, The Arizona Republic, 28 July 2023
  • But there are times when Wesley’s take on Kirk has no resemblance beyond the name to the guy William Shatner played.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2023
  • The resemblance extends to the dandelion-fluff hairstyle that Ross had then and Carl has now.
    — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The contents of the novel, meanwhile, bear little resemblance to the movie in theatres now.
    — Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2024
  • In the second shot, Grace bears a striking resemblance to her mother.
    — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2023
  • That effect may owe something to the bride’s resemblance to Jodie Comer.
    — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 20 June 2023
  • The teenager bears a striking resemblance to her late mother and at times, has even worn her clothing.
    — Alex Gurley, Peoplemag, 12 May 2023
  • Weirdly, there’s a stylistic resemblance in several to the tintypes to the painting of Douanier Rousseau.
    — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 9 May 2023
  • The instrumentation is varies across both songs, and the melody and lyrics of both the songs bear no resemblance to each other, Sheeran’s lawyers say.
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Just down the street is Renaissance, a vintage clothing store that bears no resemblance to the smelly venues where you have been known to treasure hunt.
    — Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 28 Sep. 2023
  • In fairness to the star, the packaging, from brand Grown Alchemist, bears a striking resemblance to a toothpaste tube.
    — Jackie Fields, Peoplemag, 18 Dec. 2023
  • And that would be, again, some resemblance for justice for the Holloway family.
    — Abc News, ABC News, 15 June 2023
  • The side-by-side pits were created by volcanic eruptions tens of thousands of years ago and bear resemblance to craters seen in Hawaii.
    — Kae Lani Palmisano, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The results show that the resemblance between art and sports is often uncanny.
    — Callum Sutherland, CNN, 8 Feb. 2024
  • This particular genus is small and slow, and bears a striking resemblance to plant root hairs.
    — Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2023
  • In that case, the Niger crisis might bear some passing resemblance to Prigozhin’s own abortive uprising last month.
    — Joel Gehrke, Washington Examiner, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The at-home cold laser with LED wand bears a striking resemblance to a Scandinavian pepper mill and costs around $2,700.
    — Mattie Kahn, Vogue, 30 Aug. 2023
  • If anything, the fossilized tissue bore a striking resemblance to the scaly skin of a crocodile.
    — Kate Golembiewski, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The 27-year-old was familiar with Hahn’s effusive screen presence, and a resemblance to her helped Pidgeon land the part.
    — Matt Jacobs, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 June 2023
  • The restaurant doesn’t bear much resemblance to what’s seen in its 1988 namesake starring Julia Roberts.
    — Audra Heinrichs, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Will picks up a trophy, looking back and forth between the figure and Angela, as if searching for a resemblance.
    — Clare Sestanovich, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Apart from being an actor, Lewis bares a striking resemblance to his dad.
    — Alexandra Hurtado, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Narrow full-width taillights continue the resemblance in the rear.
    — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 22 Mar. 2023

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