RESEMBLANCE in a Sentence

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For RESEMBLANCE, below is one of 225 sentences:
I exclude extremes, of course; and a very close resemblance in all those points would be the likeliest way to produce an extreme.

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 Meanings and Examples of RESEMBLANCE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
resemblance
 n.  likeness; similarity in appearance or external or superficial details
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  There is a strong family resemblance about misdeeds, and if you have all the details of a thousand at your finger ends, it is odd if you can't unravel the thousand and first.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
2  This bore some resemblance to incipient rigour, and was accompanied by a marked sinking of the pulse.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER DR. LANYON'S NARRATIVE
3  That was the only point of resemblance between her and the lady who sat by her: in everything but a value for Edmund, Miss Crawford was very unlike her.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
4  I exclude extremes, of course; and a very close resemblance in all those points would be the likeliest way to produce an extreme.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
5  It was the only point of resemblance.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
6  'As soon as I think proper,' said Mr. Losberne, looking into the other parlour; which, like the first, bore no resemblance whatever to Oliver's account of it.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
7  When he was rescued by me, then, and lay recovering from sickness in my house, his strong resemblance to this picture I have spoken of, struck me with astonishment.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIX
8  Yes," said he, looking not exactly forward; "but there, I think, ends the resemblance.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 20
9  Throughout the blowing of these plaintive November winds that note bore a great resemblance to the ruins of human song which remain to the throat of fourscore and ten.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 6 The Figure against the Sky
10  Finally she tied a bit of black thread round the upper part of the head, in faint resemblance to a snood worn for confining the hair.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: 7 The Night of the Sixth of November
11  All the known incidents of their love were enlarged, distorted, touched up, and modified, till the original reality bore but a slight resemblance to the counterfeit presentation by surrounding tongues.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: 1 The Inevitable Movement Onward
12  A name derived from the fanciful resemblance to the sound produced by cocking a rifle.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. THE FIVE ORANGE PIPS
13  He changed his appearance as far as he could, and trusted that the likeness, which you could not fail to observe, would be put down to a family resemblance.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IV. The Adventure of The Stockbroker's Clerk
14  Scarlett frowned at her child and Bonnie scowled back in so complete a resemblance to Gerald O'Hara that Scarlett almost laughed.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LVII
15  There was no resemblance of feature.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 4
Example Sentence:
1  There was a distant resemblance between them.
2  Kehr bears a strong facial resemblance to her sister.
3  The plot of the movie bears more than a passing resemblance to Jane Austen's "Emma".
4  The resemblance between Susan and her sister was remarkable.
5  She bears a striking resemblance to her older sister.
6  The resemblance is undeniable, from the massive arch to the carved pillars.
7  We are tolerably conversant with the early English poets; and can discover no resemblance whatever, except in antiquated spelling and a few obsolete words.
8  She brought the child to the house to play with half-brothers and half-sisters, all of them unaware they were related, until the resemblance became too obvious.
9  She resembles her brother in looks.
10  He resembles his father very closely.
11  That franchise was told that the blue was chosen to echo the sky, and the building is more orange and red to resemble the surrounding terrain.
12  They overlook two gun mounts that resemble cannon barrels; the Zumwalt's powerful new gun system can unload 600 rocket-powered projectiles on targets more than 70 miles away.
13  John does not at all resemble his father, and I am glad of it: John is like me and like my brothers--he is quite a Gibson.
14  It's amazing how closely Brian and Steve resemble each other.
15  The twins resembled one another closely; only minute differences set them apart.