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 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
If this supposition is accepted, the primary business of an investigator of nature is to trace likenesses and analogies between what seem on the surface to be dissimilar and unconnected events.
From The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry by Muir, M. M. Pattison
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 people of this country cannot properly be compared with the inhabitants of England; their institutions are different, and their habits and manners must necessarily be dissimilar.
From A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles through the United States of America by Ferrall, S. A. (Simon Ansley)
