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
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
Observe, also, if you have several dogs, to let their names be dissimilar in sound.
From The Dog by Dinks
He drove along all night: Lydia never closed an eye; in the moonshine she was constantly detecting similarities, which as constantly turned out to be dissimilar.
From Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) by Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
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
