LIKENESS in a Sentence

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She approached and saw the likeness of Mr. Wickham, suspended, amongst several other miniatures, over the mantelpiece.

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 Meanings and Examples of LIKENESS
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
likeness
 n.  picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing
 n.  similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  As he thus prayed, Minerva came close up to him in the likeness and with the voice of Mentor.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK II
2  My dear wife," replied Menelaus, "I see the likeness just as you do.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK IV
3  Then Minerva bethought her of another matter, and made a vision in the likeness of Penelope's sister Iphthime daughter of Icarius who had married Eumelus and lived in Pherae.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK IV
4  Then, as he was just entering the town, she came towards him in the likeness of a little girl carrying a pitcher.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK VII
5  I sought in her countenance and features a likeness to Mr. Rochester, but found none: no trait, no turn of expression announced relationship.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
6  I wished to see Jane Eyre, and I fancy a likeness where none exists: besides, in eight years she must be so changed.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
7  There was neither in figure nor face any likeness between the ladies.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 29
8  She approached and saw the likeness of Mr. Wickham, suspended, amongst several other miniatures, over the mantelpiece.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 43
9  The present Catherine has no other likeness to her, except a breadth of forehead, and a certain arch of the nostril that makes her appear rather haughty, whether she will or not.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
10  In the first place, his startling likeness to Catherine connected him fearfully with her.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
11  She returned it almost instantly, acknowledging the likeness.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 22
12  I forget whether it was the Blue Bull, or the Blue Boar; but I know it was the Blue Something, and that its likeness was painted up on the back of the coach.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 5. I AM SENT AWAY FROM HOME
13  Finally, her handsome features looked down on her darling from a portrait on the wall, as if it were even something to her that her likeness should watch him while he slept.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 20. STEERFORTH'S HOME
14  It was a startling likeness, and necessarily had a startling look.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 20. STEERFORTH'S HOME
15  If the likeness of that face don't turn to burning fire, at the thought of offering money to me for my child's blight and ruin, it's as bad.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 32. THE BEGINNING OF A LONG JOURNEY
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  Everyone liked my father-he was the perfect gentleman.
17  We liked both houses, but price was the deciding factor.
18  She liked to sunbathe in the seclusion of her own garden.
19  She trapped him into a situation that he liked her.
20  He liked to kid Ingrid a lot.
21  He sneered at people who liked pop music.
22  He laboured under the constant misapprehension that nobody liked him.
23  We saw several houses but none we really liked.
24  She liked to pull her rank on her inferior.
25  John liked him because he was a nervy guy and would go out and shoot anybody who John wanted him to shoot.
26  He liked to sing hymns as he worked.
27  She didn't know anything about music but she liked to sing.
28  My son was a quiet and gentle man who liked sports and enjoyed life.
29  I liked him enormously and was sorry when he left.
30  She liked to watch her mother array herself in her finest clothes before going out for the evening.