Likened

Chloe compared the black hair of Daphnis to myrtle-berries; while he likened her cheeks to apples where the white is suffused with red.

Some people have likened Esperantism to a cult, but soon the time will come when Zamenhof returns and punishes them for this sacrilege.

What can it be likened to?

In the Bible, God is likened, at the same time, to both a fire and a light.

The governor likened the situation the state is facing to the days after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

The hum of mating males has been likened to the buzz of a chain saw.

Britain’s prime minister, Boris Johnson, has likened the scientists who have developed coronavirus vaccines to the cavalry arriving just in the nick of time. “The toot of the bugle is louder,” he reassured Britons during a recent news conference.

And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man which built his house upon the sand.

The death of Alexei Navalny can be likened to a very slow and cruel execution, performed by a state that nominally has abolished capital punishment.