resemble
verb
Examples of resemble in a Sentence
Phoebe Zerwick, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2024
In the second room of the exhibition, the designers have created a kind of window seat to mimic the interior of a home that might resemble one Potter lived in.
—Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024
His manner can resemble his movies—patient, intense, with no wasted motion.
—Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
As totality nears, Baily’s beads will quickly disappear until a single point of light remains, resembling a glistening giant diamond ring.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 7 Apr. 2024
Viewed from a distance, the stones resemble a line of people.
—Dan Falk, Discover Magazine, 6 Apr. 2024
Agents say Pierson organized the shipment of lower receivers, the lower part of assault rifles, to a man in Northern California who engraved the homemade guns with markings resembling those of the Colt's Manufacturing Co., a favorite brand of cartels.
—Beth Warren, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2024
At the core of the building sits a hologram resembling the Sphere in Las Vegas—but about 20 times bigger.
—Vivienne Walt, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2024
Its unique white and blue beach house, resembling a sleek ocean liner, features a restaurant, ice cream cafe, restrooms, and rental facilities for bicycles, kayaks, paddle boards, jet skis, beach chairs, umbrellas, and more.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 3 Apr. 2024
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Word History
Middle English resemblen, rasemblen "to be like, compare," borrowed from Anglo-French resembler, rasembler "to be like, appear to be, compare (to)" (also continental Old French), from re- re- + sembler "to look like, seem to be" — more at semblance
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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