- present participle of resemble.
resembling
Example Sentences
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These animals display behaviors resembling anxiety and social withdrawal, traits often associated with conditions such as autism and schizophrenia.
From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026
Traditionally, the beans are ground with a tool resembling a mortar and pestle but, for the sake of speed, Netsi now uses a small electric grinder.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
We can sit and rot until we become a version of ourselves resembling the one from the old world, but who is fundamentally different — quieter, angrier, dying.
From Salon • May 30, 2026
The work depicts a group of characters who find themselves trapped in a warren of bizarrely laid-out rooms resembling empty offices, illuminated by a pallid yellow light.
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
We didn’t even have a policeman, and there certainly was nothing resembling jail.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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