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Example sentences for "resembling"

Lexicographically close words:
resemble; resembled; resembles; resemblest; resembleth; resent; resented; resentful; resentfully; resenting
  1. The Northern Passion turns from the legendary history of the Cross to something more nearly resembling the gospel narrative with the exhortation, "Forget not Jesus for this tale.

  2. Crowds of pilgrims returning from the Eastern celebration at Jerusalem, were lying on deck resembling herrings in a barrel, and the noise they made was terrific.

  3. No picture or image of the Virgin, in solitary magnificence, at all resembling the Madonnas of a later period, so far as I can make out, has been discovered in the Catacombs.

  4. Silence, with an intonation resembling that of a roasted chestnut when it bursts from the fire.

  5. On each side there is a large window, resembling in tracery those in the cloisters.

  6. On the south side is a fine doorway contemporary with the transept and resembling somewhat that on the north.

  7. Ornament resembling a ball enclosed in a globular flower of three petals.

  8. The south aisle of the choir is Early Decorated, and there is a modern apsidal termination, with a curious steep roof, almost resembling the spire of a church, which Sir G.

  9. He is said to have seen a vision somewhat resembling Jacob's dream, a ladder reaching from earth to heaven, and a voice saying, "Let an Oliver stablish the Crown and a King build the church.

  10. And Ráma placed thereon his dame Touched with a momentary shame, Resembling in her glorious mien All-thought-surpassing Fortune’s Queen.

  11. Then when the mighty Kaśyap cried Delighted to each tender bride: “Sons shalt thou bear, to rule the three Great worlds, in might resembling me.

  12. An engine resembling the Umpherston, but with a larger roll, the diameter of which is equal to the full depth of the engine, the backfall being in a line with the axis of the beater roll.

  13. A remarkable substance made from wood or cotton cellulose, closely resembling silk in appearance and physical properties.

  14. The washed rags were then placed in a stamping machine resembling an ordinary pestle and mortar.

  15. The plant grows to a height of three or four feet, and when mature the long blades of grass curl up into the form of a cylinder resembling a piece of wire.

  16. Its vocal efforts are well described by Blyth as "a feeble twittering song, but soft and pleasing, being intermediate to that of the goldfinch, and that of the small redpole linnet, the call note much resembling that of a canary bird.

  17. The only other bird which makes a noise in any way resembling the call of the turtle dove is an owl that makes itself heard in India shortly after the shades of night have fallen.

  18. It was smaltite, an ore of the metal cobalt, closely resembling many of the silver ores.

  19. On looking out into the moonlight he saw a group of fantastic figures, some of them clothed in dry plantain leaves, and wearing a head-dress made of thatch of preposterous proportions resembling an enormous conical-shaped "dunce cap.

  20. Before they are able to fly away, they are collected with care and placed in a suitable receptacle; and at the end of three or four days eggs resembling sago-grains make their appearance in great numbers.

  21. It will be seen that it consists of a holder A, somewhat resembling a drill chuck, fastened to the flat spring B in such a manner that the angle the stylus makes to the drum can be altered.

  22. The local circuit of the relay is completed by means of a copper dipper in mercury, somewhat resembling an ordinary mercury break, but modified to suit the present requirements.

  23. They could hear in the twilight gloom that the guns were being loaded; the lighted matches, resembling the eyes of a tiger in the night, formed a circle round their heads.

  24. As far as the eye could reach, nothing was visible save the slaughter-houses, the city wall, and a few rare frontages of foundries, resembling barracks or monasteries.

  25. And the galleys were now not merely the galleys, but Cosette lost forever; that is to say, a life resembling the interior of a tomb.

  26. A preparatory stage is beatification, and the beatification and canonisation of a saint are promoted by a long, tedious, and costly process, much resembling a suit at law.

  27. They had proceeded about twenty paces, when Albert thought he heard the deep tones resembling those of an organ.

  28. At this place there are alluvial terraces at various elevations above the sea, and precisely resembling the ancient sea-margins of the British coasts.

  29. Here you see great ridges, resembling the hull of a ship turned keel uppermost, both in the general form and the smoothness of surface.

  30. Young resembling parents, but penultimate instar passive and enclosed in a filmy pellicle.

  31. Young resembling parents, but aquatic in habit, breathing dissolved air by thoracic tracheal gills.

  32. His mornings were usually spent in a deep sleep, more resembling a lethargy than refreshing rest, from which nothing could rouse him.

  33. Among the demons of that pedigree, from time to time we see one of stupendous power, summing up every form of human energy, and resembling the fevered beasts of the desert, whose vitality demands the vast spaces they find there.

  34. This led me to ask him if a party resembling ours in number, and including two women, had passed that way.

  35. Follicular, resembling or belonging to a follicle.

  36. Kidney-shaped, resembling the outline of a kidney, 53.

  37. Spathaceous, resembling or furnished with a Spathe, a bract which inwraps an inflorescence, 75.

  38. Scalariform, with cross-bands, resembling the steps of a ladder, 134.

  39. Muriform, wall-like; resembling courses of bricks in a wall.

  40. Nucamentaceous, relating to or resembling a small nut.

  41. It has no proper corky layer; but the whole is covered by a transparent skin or epidermis, resembling that of the stem.

  42. Spica, Latin for spike; hence Spicate, in a spike, Spiciform, in shape resembling a spike.

  43. Among them was one resembling the vine, the fruits of which were of emeralds and diamonds.

  44. She came forward, with a majesty resembling the sun in its course amidst the clouds, which receive his splendour without hiding his lustre, and sat upon the silver throne that had been brought for her.

  45. One day, whilst under sail, we were becalmed near a small island, but little elevated above the level of the water, and resembling a green meadow.

  46. The old lady then took the handkerchief from my eyes, when I looked around me, and perceived that I was in a mansion having several quadrangles, highly ornamented, and resembling the palaces of the sultan.

  47. Some time after this a tribute came from one of the provinces, part of which consisted of a beautiful black colt, in colour resembling the hue of the darkest night.

  48. All that must now be thought of, is how to deceive the commander of the believers; and I am of opinion, that you should immediately cause a wooden image resembling a dead body to be carved.

  49. No clothes at all resembling those that had been seen upon the person of the dead man had been pledged within forty miles of the cathedral city.

  50. Here he applied immediately to the station-master, from whom he got another little note directed to him by Mr. Tibbles, and very much resembling that which he had received at Shorncliffe.

  51. This is a fierce and savage beast, resembling in form and size the Newfoundland dog.

  52. The soil of Ungava consists principally of decayed lichens, which form a substance resembling the peat moss of the Scottish moors.

  53. The appearance of it struck me as resembling the ocean when agitated by a storm, supposing its billows transformed into solid rock.


  54. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "resembling" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.