resemble - use in sentences

Object

  • breadcrumb: When the mixture resembles breadcrumbs, add the ground cloves.
  • crumb: Add the flour, cinnamon and butter, and pulse until the mixture resembles fine crumbs.
  • nothing: Indeed, as Matthew Parris has pointed out, they resemble nothing more than unreconstructed Old Labor of the 1980s.
  • snake: Mythology: Hydra The constellation Hydra resembles a twisting snake, and features as such in some ancient myths.

Noun phrase with adjective complement

  • more: Indeed, as Matthew Parris has pointed out, they resemble nothing more than unreconstructed Old Labor of the 1980s.

Adjective complement

  • other: It should be noted that many of these propositions resemble other more mainstream therapy approaches.
  • most: In this respect it did not resemble most of the other islands of the Pacific.

Modifying Another Word

  • somewhat: There are churches developing a collegiate style of ministry, resembling somewhat that which the Churches of Christ brought to the URC.
  • closely: Our branded products are unique: they're very high quality foods, designed to closely resemble meat.
  • vaguely: I like coffee and tea but I don't want a drink that vaguely resembles both.
  • superficially: Although they superficially resemble modern, children's toys they are unlikely to have had this function in antiquity.

Used with why or when

  • what: It may not resemble what you had in mind... .

Present participle complement

  • live: Both are very striking fish, being covered with so many ornate spines they resemble living sculptures.

Preposition: in

  • appearance: Which animal do you most resemble in both appearance and habit?

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