How To Use Resemblance In A Sentence

The resemblance also of the human stomach to that of the orang-outang is greater than to that of any other animal. The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley
I have seen human bathers acting just like the birds, though from a different cause, bobbing down towards the water, but afraid to dip their heads, and the idea of comicality arose, as it does in most of the ludicrous actions of animals, from their resemblance to those of mankind. The Naturalist in Nicaragua
Except for the fact that his hair was a solid black, the thin, slight boy of about fifteen or sixteen bore an uncanny resemblance to Kunihiko.
The bust of Thales shown above is in the Capitoline Museum in Rome, but is not contemporary with Thales and is unlikely to bear any resemblance to him
There is an uncanny resemblance between this reasoning and that which had earlier led John Dalton to an atomic theory of chemistry.

The soil and the landscape of the Isonzo region in Friuli especially bears these resemblances. WTN: Channing Daughters Winery 2004 L'Enfant Sauvage Chardonnay (The Hamptons)
Many other species of Callia also resemble other malacoderms; and the longicorn genus Lycidola has been named from its resemblance to various species of the Lycidae, one of the species here figured (Lycidola belti) being a good mimic of Calopteron corrugatum and of several other allied species, all being of about the same size and found at Chontales. Darwinism (1889)
There is not much apparent resemblance between a barndoor Fowl and the Dog who protects the farm-yard. Essays
Kennaquhair, or because it agrees with scenes of the Monastery in the circumstances of the drawbridge, the milldam, and other points of resemblance, that therefore an accurate or perfect local similitude is to be found in all the particulars of the picture. The Monastery
The four that can attain this mark, because they depend solely upon the intrinsic properties of ideas, are resemblance, contrariety, degrees in quality, and proportions in quantity or number.
You probably haven't noticed, but my surname bears a passing resemblance to a certain vulgarity.
Our southern ally's loyalty to her beautiful "unredeemed" provinces, and her claim, which all right-minded Englishmen (I include myself) most heartily endorse, to dominate the historically Italian waters of the Adriatic, happily proved too strong for a machine-made sympathy for Berlin based on nothing better than a superficial resemblance between the histories of Piedmont and Prussia, and a record of nominal alliance with powers whose respect for paper treaties was always fairly apparent. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, August 15, 1917
a striking resemblance between parent and child
If the result bears little musical resemblance to the original, it does capture the same hedonistic menace.
On the coasts of New Andalusia, the cuspa is considered as a kind of cinchona; and we were assured, that some Aragonese monks, who had long resided in the kingdom of New Grenada, recognised this tree from the resemblance of its leaves to those of the real Peruvian bark-tree. Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America
Not that it bears any resemblance to the original television series, mind you.
We've traded our epic heroes for tragicomic ones who bear a stronger and stronger resemblance to ourselves. Christianity Today
As a result of centuries of both deliberate and inadvertent plant breeding, the varieties used today have little resemblance with their wild ancestors.
And he was helped by the fact that he bears a slight resemblance to the blond singer in Abba, too.
Resemblances also exist between the endospores and the spore-formations in the Saccharomycetes, and if _Bacillus inflatus_, _B. ventriculus_, &c., really form more than one spore in the cell, these analogies are strengthened. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"
Thinly disguised supercars clothed in bodies which have a passing resemblance to cars on sale in America race round, trading paint and slipstreaming for 500 miles.
This phenomenon is distinct from onomatopoeia - it is sometimes called sound symbolism: there is no question of auditory resemblance.
Tina bears a striking resemblance to her mother.
perceptual error...has a surprising resemblance to veridical perception
One searches the family portraits for resemblances and finds hardly a trace.
To cite a familiar instance, the teeth of the chalicotheres have a general adaptive resemblance to the titanotheres, the skull and neck to the horses, the claws to the edentates.
Six miles above the forks, on the west side of the Jefferson, there is a bluff or point of a high plain jutting into the valley to the brink of the river, which bears some resemblance to a beaver's head, and goes by that name. Life in the Rocky Mountains
When governments sell defence equipment to each other, the price usually bears little resemblance to the costs charged by industry. Times, Sunday Times
It bears strong resemblance to a gravestone. Times, Sunday Times
The initial resemblance of the ancestral stick insect to a stick must have been very remote.
But it bears no resemblance to a traditional Italian 'bolognese', known as a ragu, which has no garlic whatsoever, nor a single herb. Home | Mail Online
And yes, with the carefully-coiffured blond hair, tan and surfer's smile, he does bear a passing resemblance to the actor.
All the streets seemed identical, and my tourist map bore little resemblance to the actual street plan. BLACK KNIGHTS: On the Bloody Road to Baghdad
We've traded our epic heroes for tragicomic ones who bear a stronger and stronger resemblance to ourselves. Christianity Today
Any resemblance to nasty industrial poutine is purely nominal. Globe and Mail
This is called the morula (= mulberry-embryo) on account of its resemblance to a mulberry or blackberry. The Evolution of Man — Volume 2
'It is found upon the lower Himalayan slopes, and bears a close resemblance to the white odontoglossum of commerce, except that the flower is much smaller. Fire-Tongue
From photographs on the web site sheep101. info, they bear a strong resemblance to Rambouillet rams, “the backbone of the American sheep industry.” Park Avenue Recession Art, by Lalanne
The bernicle, or brent goose, is interesting from the curious superstition which formerly prevailed respecting it, as it was supposed to have sprung from the shell called the barnacle or lepas, which adheres to the bottoms of ships, and which has a fringe of cirri projecting from between its valves bearing some faint resemblance to the feathers of a bird. The Lady's Country Companion: or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally
Their aroma bears some resemblance to bay laurel, though it is distinctly stronger, with a dominant eucalyptus note from cineole. On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen
Some Late Precambrian Ediacaran fossils bear strong resemblances to colonial coelenterates called sea pens.
I was struck by her resemblance to my aunt.
The feature that distinguishes the Bigfoot matter is the purported resemblance of this hairy creature to humans.
The common buzzard bears little resemblance to the vulture (not shown), which is a buzzard in nicknameonly.
With his deep-set eyes, square jaw, 1950s hair and tight-jeans-and-T-shirt image he bears more than a passing resemblance to his father.
I suppose that on maybe two or three tracks, at the beginning and the end of the album, there are faint stylistic resemblances, but the emotion and the intent seem to me to come from somewhere else entirely.
Whether or not these family resemblances are accurately identified, this kind of inheritance is now firmly established by experience and science.
It bore no resemblance to any corvid that had ever lived, but somehow the lines managed to convey an expression of fierce intelligence. Blood Lite II: Overbite
Moreover, this pattern of resemblance is rendered still more striking by the prominent appearance of mock-heroic topoi and diction in both poems.
The resulting animal bore a close physical resemblance to its prehistoric ancestor with a temper to match its fearsome reputation. Times, Sunday Times
Though they have little outward resemblance, deutzias are a member of the hydrangea family.
The menu bears no resemblance to what is actually on offer, and what food there is varies comically from day to day. Times, Sunday Times
The resemblance between Susan and her sister was remarkable.
But at that point the resemblance between these two books ends. The Times Literary Supplement
In May, planning chiefs ordered work to stop because the building bore little resemblance to the approved plans.
Yet the resemblance between the two is nominal, or numerical. Times, Sunday Times
Family resemblances can be studied at length between reunions, and stories heard and reheard.
It all adds up to a strong presumption that unless there's a clear family resemblance to the civil rights movement, civil disobedience is simply beyond the pale. Christianity Today
Each of these in turn divides, giving four, and by repeated divisions of this kind there arises a solid mass of smaller cells (Fig. 8, _b_ to _f_,) called the mulberry stage, from its resemblance to a berry. The Story of the Living Machine A Review of the Conclusions of Modern Biology in Regard to the Mechanism Which Controls the Phenomena of Living Activity
Secondly it was held that the ideas arising from these two environmental sources become linked to - gether by principles of association such as contiguity and resemblance. BEHAVIORISM
In general, out of a series of 40 random realizations of simulated single-molecule spectra, there is usually at least one that has a strong resemblance to a specific experimental spectrum.
Correlations between perceptions of physical resemblance and social closeness and familiarity were positive and statistically significant.
Oriental alabaster, the alabastrites of the classical writers, is a translucent marble (calcium carbonate) obtained from stalagmitic deposits; because of its usually banded structure, which gives it some resemblance to onyx, it is also called onyx marble, or simply, though incorrectly, onyx. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize
For the next two weeks, the fully autonomous robot, which bears an uncanny resemblance to a Volkswagen Beetle, will plumb the previously inaccessible microbial mysteries of the sinkhole -- or "cenote" -- El Zacat√≥n. NASA Watch: Keith Cowing: May 2007 Archives
Twelfth Night," among the dizziest and most farcelike of his romantic comedies, bears a definite family resemblance to the damn-the-torpedoes craziness of such classic examples of the genre as "Bringing Up Baby" and "The Lady Eve. What's Up, Bard?
bear a resemblance
The documentary was a misrepresentation of the truth and bore little resemblance to actual events.
a close resemblance
Usually the doodle turns into a four-legged creature with a vague resemblance to an elephant. TOY SHOP
They were mopping up after a crisis that bore an uncanny resemblance to the one we lived through recently. Times, Sunday Times
But still a shadow and resemblance of it was retained; and in the papal church itself to this day, particular confessors are esteemed competent judges of the meetness of their penitents for an admission unto the sacraments of their church. A Discourse concerning Evangelical Love, Church Peace, and Unity
I was immediately struck with the resemblance of those organs, called ramenta, to what are fairly assumed to be the male bodies, in certain other families of the same grand division; and I at once came to the conclusion, that the barren fronds, were barren, because almost destitute of these ramenta; and that as these ramenta were confined to the base of the stalk, that is, to the part below its first ramification, an obvious necessity existed for the peculiar nature of the vernation. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries
More standard festive fayre as a series of musclemen who bear more than a passing resemblance to the side of a bus come face to face in an attempt to discover who's the strongest of them all.
Everyone is afraid that there's going to be a test and they'll need to know that Pablo Picasso's father bore a strong resemblance to Edgar Degas, that Nicolas Poussin despised Caravaggio, that the third centurion to the left in the Rembrandt crucifixion scene was a dead ringer for Ignaas van der Hoeven, a baker who once stiffed the artist out of 50 guilder. Three Tips for Surviving the Art Museum
Huxley first called attention to certain noteworthy resemblances between the Neotropical and the Australian regions of Sclater, and held that a primary division of the world was into Arctogaea, comprising the great land masses of the Northern Hemisphere with a part of their extension across the equator, and Thomas Henry Huxley A Sketch Of His Life And Work
On Crusius as an antinomic thinker with resemblances to and influence upon Kant, see Heimsoeth's Studien zur ANTINOMY OF PURE REASON
The archimagus, or high-priest, wears, in resemblance to the ancient breast-plate, a white conch-shell ornamented so as to resemble the precious stones on the _Urim_, and instead of the golden plate worn by the Levite on his forehead, bearing the inscription _Kodish Diary in America, Series Two
It has lately been the fashion to focus the mind entirely on these mild and subordinate resemblances and to forget the main fact altogether.
As a reporter who covered the Johnson Senate, I can attest it bears little resemblance to the Daschle Senate.
Or it may take the more material form of the exudation of a strange white evanescent dough-like substance called the ectoplasm, which has been frequently photographed by scientific enquirers in different stages of its evolution, and which seems to possess an inherent quality of shaping itself into parts or the whole of a body, beginning in a putty-like mould and ending in a resemblance to perfect human members. The Vital Message
It is rust of iron, finely crystallised: from its resemblance to mica, it is often called micaceous iron. The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing
The twist is, Ranulph cannot now - um - swive the now orphaned Lady Maud Clifford, his love interest, because of her strong resemblance to her father. Fiction: Damn! An off-topic reversal
Rising from the earth on the edge of Lambourn is an edifice, which at first glance bears a passing resemblance to a rollercoaster. Times, Sunday Times
Kylesa's resemblance to a sludgier Built to Spill cannot be overstated (it's heard to best effect on the trippy, majestic opener, "Tired Climb," an arena-metal lighter anthem if ever there was one). CD review of 'Spiral Shadow' by Kylesa
Yet, the shapes were sufficiently indefinite to make me careful not to let myself be overimpressed by the uncomfortable resemblance, though I must confess, the very thought was sufficient to set some odd thrills adrift in me. Carnacki, the Ghost Finder
Calling it “Symphony for Eleanor,” the nearly ten-minute work bears little resemblance to the original other than springing from the structure of the original melody and using the original lyrics. Midweek Music Moment: Vehicle, The Ides of March « A Progressive on the Prairie
It is unlikely they bear any resemblance to Frankenstein's creation.
We find, in fact, that there is at least one very important and very well-known instinct in another class of creatures, which has a strong resemblance to that of the huanaco, as The Naturalist in La Plata
Butterfly could be a tatpurusha compound, in which the relation is one of interaction rather than resemblance. Languagehat.com: Q.PHEEVR ON 'BUTTERFLY.'
Page 58 that on Laurel River in Madison County is also said to be equal to the French, and in Montgomery County, on the Yadkin, the same resemblance to the French buhrstone exists. The Resources of North Carolina: Its Natural Wealth, Condition, and Advantages, as Existing in 1869. Presented to the Capitalists and People of the Central and Northern States
In the scrub adjoining our camp we found a new and remarkably beautiful shrub bearing a fruit, the stone of which was very similar to that of the quandang (Fusanus acuminatus) although there was no resemblance either in the form of the tree or of the flower. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2
It might be kloonobargan, the hairy, man-eating savages; or a tharban, that most frightful of lion-like carnivores; or a basto, a huge, omnivorous beast that bears some slight resemblance to the American bison; or, perhaps worst of all, ordinary human beings like yourself, but with a low evaluation of life -- that is, your life. Escape on Venus
The true place of Moringa seems to be near Xanthophyllum with which genus it has some remarkable points of resemblance, witness the papilionaceous corolla; unilocular stamina, their situation, ovary, placentation, and lastly glandulation. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries
-- - The flowers of these plants are called papilionaceous, or butterfly-like, from the fancied resemblance of the expanded superior petals to the wings of a butterfly. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life
Yellow haematite, which bears not the smallest resemblance either in colour or weight to the metal, is employed near Kolobeng for the production of iron. A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries
Unlike Kafka, to whom he bears some resemblance, he doted on his father.
It has much general resemblance to the manatee or lamantin of the West Indies, and has been confounded with it; but the distinction between them has been ascertained by M. Cuvier, Annales du M.seum d'Histoire Naturelle 22 cahier page 308. The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants
a resemblance between this pseudograph and certain references of ecclesiastical writers to Acta or Gesta of Pilate. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize
Indeed, in the flesh he has more than a passing resemblance to a slightly moth-eaten circus lion.
It also walks on the soles of its feet like a bear, but the resemblance ends there, as the badger is actually from the same family as otters and weasels.
Roberto's undoing is his resemblance to her father - she latches on to him as a surrogate who she can "punish" - and I suspect that this goes deeper than his physical appearance. DVD Times
It sounds nothing like these, nor does it bear any resemblance to a dance number in any way.
Despite the Cube's resemblance to a van, the rear doors don't slide and the right-hinged rear hatch swings out an enormous distance.
That, of course, is bureaucratese for saying ‘Employment growth in the core public sector is completely out of control and bears no resemblance to what the Government should be doing.’
They could of course be accidental, but their resemblance to letters, a P certainly, and a badly formed M perhaps. CASCADES - THE DAY OF THE DEAD
The potato's resemblance to a truffle is shown in the 16th-century name turma de tierra (earth truffle) and in early Italian names tartufo bianco (white truffle) and taratufflo.
In later life he was sensitive to the resemblance between the Thomistic scholasticism in which he was trained and the Marxist scholasticism that he embraced as an adult.
Although unconscionable conduct in this narrow sense bears some resemblance to the doctrine of undue influence, there is a difference between the two.
This bone lies on the roof of the frog's mouth, and bears a number of denticles, and altogether there is a very strong resemblance in it to a number of placoid scales the bony bases of which have become confluent. Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata
They could of course be accidental, but their resemblance to letters, a P certainly, and a badly formed M perhaps. CASCADES - THE DAY OF THE DEAD
Belinda is a handsome woman who bears an uncanny resemblance to John Cusack.
a resemblance to spectacles; and there is a still smaller species called the "bava," which is found in Lake Valencia, and in many South American rivers. Popular Adventure Tales
As the creation of the welfare state was high on the agenda of all parties, manifestos bore close resemblance on this point.
Cowslip and oxlip are familiar names of varieties of the same plant, and they bear so close a resemblance that it is hard to tell them apart. The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton
The Bedlington Terrier is often described as a "lamb on a leash" because its unique blond, curly hair and soft, round features give it an uncanny resemblance to the farm animal.
Yet the resemblance between the two is nominal, or numerical. Times, Sunday Times
Their resemblance to thrones is an ironic reflection of the violent bases of power.
The Soviet ambassador to the United Nations and other officials noted the resemblance between the two proposals.
And the heart, which has no resemblance to an anatomical heart, is a simplistic illustration of an aroused and engorged vulva, a holy yoni. Donna Henes: On Valentines And Vulvas
They could of course be accidental, but their resemblance to letters, a P certainly, and a badly formed M perhaps. CASCADES - THE DAY OF THE DEAD
I must admit there is more than a passing resemblance between us. The Sun
The reasoning here is the same as in Greek, and, derivatively, in English, namely the resemblance of a delta region to a cartographical triangle. Magicians of Gor
There is a strong facial resemblance among the simious races -- _Simia Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 10, June 4, 1870
The plot of the movie bears more than a passing resemblance to Jane Austen's "Emma".
From common form seem to originate beauty and deformity; and, as they recede from each other in opposite directions, they become less and less like their parent, _common form_, but never totally unlike; for it is their likeness to that form that constitutes the one beauty, and the other deformity; for, were there no resemblance in deformity to the common form, it would be a different species, and no longer disgust; and none in beauty, it would no longer please. An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Taste, and of the Origin of our Ideas of Beauty, etc.
As true Wit consists in the Resemblance of Ideas, and false Wit in the Resemblance of Words, according to the foregoing Instances; there is another kind of Wit which consists partly in the Resemblance of Ideas, and partly in the Resemblance of Words; which for Distinction Sake I shall call mixt Wit. Spectator, May 11, 1711
In contrast, our experimental study of an oviparous species that does not have parental care is of considerable interest, as any observed family resemblance is likely to be less dependent on pre- and postnatal influences.
All the more striking, then, are the resemblances between their early experiences, in many respects uncannily close.
That at least explains the surface resemblance of the two words, differing only by digraphs (ch- and qu-) representing single consonants.
Their newest model bears a close resemblance to that of their rival competitor.
They take their name from the Latin word clavus, or the French clou, both meaning a nail, and to which the clove has a considerable resemblance. The Book of Household Management
The green bean was generally referred to as the haricot; the mature bean, dried and divested of its pod, was called the fêverole.59 The latter seems to have been less used in polite society, perhaps because of its windy nature, but its resemblance to the fava bean was close enough to guide cooks in preparing it. Savoring The Past
His heroes tend to bear more than a passing resemblance to himself.
I had stared at my uncle to see if I could notice any resemblance between him and any of the men in the picture.
That the two contemplative ways have some resemblance with the old parable of the two moral ways, the one beginning with incertainty and difficulty, and ending in plainness and certainty, and the other beginning with shew of plainness and certainty, and ending in difficulty and incertainty. Valerius Terminus: of the interpretation of Nature
She bore a striking resemblance to him and had inherited his handsome features a thousandfold, albeit her eyes were different, being large, brown, and wide apart; from them beamed a sweetness, a benignancy, and tenderness that, to the impressionable Farrel, bespoke mental as well as physical beauty. The Pride of Palomar
The Cupid, irretrievably damaged, has been altogether removed, but the landscape remains, and it certainly shows a strong family resemblance to those which enframe the figures in the Three Ages, Sacred and Profane Love, and the “Noli me tangere” of the National Gallery. The Earlier Work of Titian
The resemblance, it would appear, is purely coincidental. The Times Literary Supplement
Last year, he thralled and apalled observers when he wore a white suit with black braiding which gave him an uncanny resemblance to late king of rock'n roll. ANC Daily News Briefing
Later he was kept in jail for three days because he bore a resemblance to a photofit shown on Crimewatch.
David Cameron even spent a knackering night deferring to the proletariat, telling workers at Morrisons that they worked all night so he thought he should too (yes, Dave, but they don't work in the day as well) and handling halibut at Grimsby fish market, which had the unfortunate effect of highlighting the resemblance between the fish's thin lips, and cold, dead eyes, and his own. Christina Patterson: Thanks to the politicians, we're all 'hard-working' now
The story has points of resemblance to a Hebrew myth.
a face called Mongoloid, because of a certain resemblance to that of some of the Mongolian races as will be noted above. Applied Eugenics
The term "analogy" was to be retained for cases of functional resemblance, whether homogenetic or not. Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
Obviously I'm white but my current prosthesis - and the one now being made for me - bears only a passing resemblance to my actual skin colour.
We were only shylocked once - an exorbitantly priced lunch, the final total of which bore no earthly resemblance to the prices of the food we'd seen inside the door just moments before.
Miss Willerton, in fact, bears more than a passing resemblance to the dreaded penwomen O'Connor would write so disparagingly about in later years.
Named the Sombrero Galaxy for its hat-like resemblance, M104 features a prominent dust lane and a bright halo of stars and globular clusters.
Dr. Priestley founds, not on the _resemblance or analogy, _ but on the _essential difference_, between created and uncreated intelligence; but, in point of fact, the _difference_, great and real as it is, has no bearing on the only question at issue; it is the _resemblance or analogy_ between all thinking beings and the Modern Atheism under its forms of Pantheism, Materialism, Secularism, Development, and Natural Laws
But while it is true that the United States is again enmeshed in controversial wars in Asia, the circumstances prompting the show's rebellious acts feel as if they bear only tangential resemblance to modern America. The wonderfully unruly 'Hair' is still a blowout 42 years after its Broadway debut
The gripping storylines feel authentic but bear little resemblance to reality. Times, Sunday Times
Peter says, "The resemblance between Brody and the matador is really amazing! Filmstalker: Brody and Cruz in tragic Matador tale
These multitudinous strata present such resemblances and differences among themselves that they are capable of classification into groups or formations, and these formations again are brigaded together into still larger assemblages, called by the older geologists, primary, secondary, and tertiary; by the moderns, palaeozoic, mesozoic, and cainozoic: the basis of the former nomenclature being the relative age of the groups of strata; that of the latter, the kinds of living forms contained in them. Essays
Phalangers, more commonly known as possums and cuscuses, are marsupials but with a vague resemblance to some monkeys.
He has an uncanny resemblance to the famous older horror writer. Times, Sunday Times
Schistosoma mansoni (a platyhelminth) [17] Phylogenetic comparisons of putative Hirudo innate immune response genes present within the Hirudo transcriptome database herein described show a strong resemblance to the corresponding mammalian genes, indicating that this important physiological response may have older origins than what has been previously proposed. BioMed Central - Latest articles
Whether this quality be simply a stimulus exciting the egg into animal action, which may be called a vivifying principle, or whether part of it be actually conjoined with the egg is not yet determined, though the latter seems more probable from the frequent resemblance of the fetus to the male parent. The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation
However, its main claim to fame is its armament of raptorial claws, bearing a strong resemblance to those of the praying mantis - hence the name.
Now if the student will compare Section 35, he will see that in the white blood corpuscles we have a very remarkable resemblance to the amoeba; the contractile vacuole is absent, but we have the protoplasmic body, the nucleus and nucleolus, and those creeping fluctuations of shape through the thrusting out and withdrawal of pseudopodia, which constitute "amoeboid" motion. Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata
I have to admit that seeing the intermammary sulci like that signaled to me a resemblance to the gluteal sulcus or the natal cleft which left me thinking of thoughts of reproduction. The sleazy sexism that's served up...
But some have also recognized its resemblance to a fatty wax called adipocere, which is known to form from body fats buried in wet, anaerobic environments.
In What Happened at Vatican II, O'Malley acknowledges three dominant themes of the council — aggiornamento, ressourcement, and development of doctrine — but, in his telling, the latter two are always in the service of the first, with aggiornamento bearing a convenient resemblance to the dominant habits of thought in the Society of Jesus as embodied in institutions “in the Jesuit tradition” such as Georgetown University. Jesuit: Obama is "the most effective spokesperson" for "the spirit of Vatican II"
Despite superficial resemblances to their medieval predecessors, these Lutheran altarpieces share a number of striking new features.
It may be said concerning the work of Landor, which is a poem in dramatic form rather than a play, that it offers scarcely any points of resemblance with Mistral's beyond the few essential facts in the lives of Andrea and Joanna. Frederic Mistral
The dark-eyed, black-haired, modestly-attired, and even sober-looking girl, who put out her hand with a very simple movement, and spoke, with considerable self-possession truly, but certainly not with an impudent air, bore but scant resemblance to the "brazen hussey" who had haunted The Golden Shoemaker or 'Cobbler' Horn
However, the really close resemblance is between ostrich and emu.
The resemblance between the two signatures was remarkable.
The game holds much resemblance to the brill Sci-Fi movies Back to the Future.
The interior of the property bears little resemblance to its wilder heyday. Times, Sunday Times
He's an overweight scruffy herbert with more than a passing resemblance to Captain Caveman.
Clare's close resemblance to his elder sister invoked a deep dislike in him.
It seems to be checking out any resemblance I might bear red snapper. Times, Sunday Times
Desdemona may be Barry's child although she bears a striking resemblance to Cliff.
There are places on Earth today that may bear a close resemblance to the Antarctic landform back then.
He is called muskrat, from his resemblance to the common rat, combined with the musky odour which he emits from glands situated near the anus. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire
All characters belong to my mind, the plot belongs to me… any resemblances are entirely and purely coincidental.
Not that there was much resemblance; it was just the only other countenance within the same ballpark of hideousness.
This brilliant galaxy was named the Sombrero because of its resemblance to the broad rim and high-topped Mexican hat.
But now we see the resemblance to his own son: friendly, open-faced, boyish, none too bright, but eager to please.
He bore little resemblance to the dangerous extremist he has been portrayed as recently in the British press. Times, Sunday Times
Are there any resemblances in live stock breeding and farming practices applied in present Bulgaria's agriculture and the EU member states?
The steel beladah was much like a sabre, but with a guard for the knuckles, while the bilbo was bore a close resemblance to a rapier.
But the latter occur in profusion, too: pirootin ': Messing around; from "pirouetting." tickler: A flat pocket flask. favorance: Resemblance. gumshot: Slingshot. throddy: Well rounded; plump; chuffy. in the room of: In place of. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XI No 3
He wore a dark grey three-piece suit, obviously expensive, and bore no resemblance to anyone who might win a maypole tug of war. DEATH OF A NYMPH
The Cathedrals do bear a remarkable resemblance to the mosques of Islam.
Except in a botanical sense, there are no features of resemblance between this hairy-leaved endurer of the drought and the habitant of the jungle under notice, other than in its perfume. Last Leaves from Dunk Island
He bought shirt-pins; wore a ring on his third finger; read poetry; bribed a cheap miniature-painter to perpetrate a faint resemblance to a youthful face, with a curtain over his head, six large books in the background, and an open country in the distance (this he called his portrait); 'went on' altogether in such an uproarious manner, that the three Miss Dounces went off on small pensions, he having made the tenement in Cursitor-street too warm to contain them; and in short, comported and demeaned himself in every respect like an unmitigated old Saracen, as he was. Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people
He even hitches up his shirt sleeve before every shot in a routine that bears more than a passing resemblance to that of Woods.
Kehr bears a strong facial resemblance to her sister.
But Fred and Barney bore a detectable resemblance to Jackie Gleason and Art Carney on "The Honeymooners," with Fred saying yabba dabba doo rather than one of these days. Yabba Dabba Doo! Flintstones Turns 50
There are a few resemblances, but one cannot make a full parallel between the two.
A mass of cells, ‘grown’ on rubbery sheets of nutrified jelly, it will have no structure, no marbling, no resemblance to a ‘cut’ we'd ever get from a butcher.
Bill, they obviously hired routh because of his eerie resemblance to Christopher Reeve. Superman Returns
The new facility, with air con, treadmills and an aerobics studio, bears little resemblance to the sparse and shabby termite-infested sweatbox above an off-licence that the brash young boxer, then named Cassius Clay, walked into five decades ago, and which eventually produced 12 world champions under Dundee's tutelage. Emotional 5th Street return for Muhammad Ali
Yet the resemblances of drama to ritual, verse to spells, and inspiration to shamanism also show literature imitating magical operations that are essentially dynamistic and daimonic.
The resemblance to Western European customs is striking and has similar roots.
Local fans thought the Colonel bore a resemblance to Randy Bass, a bearded power hitter and first baseman from the U.S. who played for the team at the time. Colonel Sanders Rescued from Osaka River | clusterflock
In order for this resemblance to be in any way complete, man had to be created with free will.
His eyes are the spitting image of Jack's and, except for the fact he is a towhead, his resemblance to his famous great grandfather is striking. Bruce Knight - Jack London's Great Grandson
The jokesmith best known for making gags about his resemblance to Prince is finally attracting a larger following after more than a decade of honing his act.

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