be dissimilar
Example Sentences
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I suggest to Arthur that his behaviour may not be dissimilar to that of an online troll.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2023
But sister shall be no motive with me to make me desirous of seeing persons united whose sentiments and souls may be dissimilar.
From Anna St. Ives by Holcroft, Thomas
The pleasure arising from bulls, proceeds from our surprise at suddenly discovering two things to be dissimilar in which a resemblance might have been suspected.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 by Various
The disease proved to be dissimilar to any ordinary complaint, and fell upon the head, which it caused to wither.
From Dio's Rome, Volume 4 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form by Foster, Herbert Baldwin
"The principle that environments and life forms in the universe may be dissimilar, but that biochemical reactions are universal throughout creation," Dal said slowly.
From Star Surgeon by Nourse, Alan Edward
