resemblance

Example Sentences

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Going beyond resemblance, many incorporate symbols alluding to character traits or occupation or circumstances.

From The Wall Street Journal

He sees "a bit of family resemblance" between himself and Stout.

From BBC

Officially, “The Beast in Me” isn’t based on any true story, although its resemblance to the events of “The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst” is impossible to ignore.

From Salon

This is also as fine a time as any to acknowledge that our interpretation of diversity in this film’s context has little resemblance to how it’s defined in American culture.

From Salon

Nor do the monuments in Iraq bear any resemblance to the carefully maintained war memorials and manicured cemeteries all across Europe.

From BBC