Resembles is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Resembles meaning
third-person singular simple present indicative of resemble
Using Resembles
- The main meaning on this page is: third-person singular simple present indicative of resemble
- In the example corpus, resembles often appears in combinations such as: resembles the, that resembles, closely resembles.
Context around Resembles
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Resembles
- In this selection, "resembles" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, closely, bang, today, ordinary, sanchez and god stand out and add context to how "resembles" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include beneath still resembles a dive and church and resembles more the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "resembles" sits close to words such as calvin, graph and joked, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with resembles
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A black airsoft gun that closely resembles a handgun. (9 words)
Boasting a mermaid at the prow that resembles Sanchez. (9 words)
His face resembles a human’s, but he has a wider nose. (12 words)
Granting lay people the same right to vote as bishops undermines the hierarchical structure of the Church and resembles more the norms of synods of the Anglican and other Protestant communities, where clergy and laity are given equal voting rights. (40 words)
His small town retail business copped a big hit during November's severe flooding with every floorboard still needing to be replaced, a ravaged cellar beneath still resembles a dive pool along with continuing electrical works and daily water extractions. (40 words)
Claes Bang resembles this description in the beginning, but gradually as he feeds and becomes younger, he resembles more of Bela Lugosi or Christopher Lee's portrayal in other horror films. (31 words)
Do you look away, or do you admire how the smooth, colorful flannel resembles that most intimate and delicate body part? (21 words)
Example sentences (20)
Claes Bang resembles this description in the beginning, but gradually as he feeds and becomes younger, he resembles more of Bela Lugosi or Christopher Lee's portrayal in other horror films.
There’s a feeling that professional long driving today resembles ordinary golf only in the way a Nerf basketball hoop over your trash basket resembles the NBA.
For example, Daredevil resembles a red devil, Captain America 's costume echoes the American flag, Batman 's costume resembles a large bat, and Spider-Man 's costume features a spiderweb pattern.
A black airsoft gun that closely resembles a handgun.
About 1% of the mixture began the journey of spontaneously assembling themselves into a structure that resembles, but is not identical to, a human embryo.
As per experts, the cracks were developed because parts of the land had appeared to have sunk, triggering a crisis that resembles the situation in another Himalayan town, Joshimath in Uttrakhand.
At ambient temperatures, UTe is rather unremarkable and resembles a bit of shiny, molten rock.
Boasting a mermaid at the prow that resembles Sanchez.
Do you look away, or do you admire how the smooth, colorful flannel resembles that most intimate and delicate body part?
Each branch of the tree resembles a mini chocolate twist that you can just tear off, making this the ideal breakfast or treat for family gatherings.
Eventually, the images begin to form a larger image made up of the other, smaller pictures surrounding them, one that eventually resembles the figure of the Demon Nun.
Even when the artist is an agnostic or even an atheist, he or she is creating something that resembles God.
Families are having to live on the development which partly resembles a building site with unfinished roads and sewers.
Fury told us in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, we learned that someone was Goose the Flerken, an alien creature that resembles a cat.
Granting lay people the same right to vote as bishops undermines the hierarchical structure of the Church and resembles more the norms of synods of the Anglican and other Protestant communities, where clergy and laity are given equal voting rights.
GroundUp has seen photographs of a man who closely resembles “Facebook rapist” Thabo Bester shopping in Woolworths in Sandton City nearly two months after his reported death in prison.
His face resembles a human’s, but he has a wider nose.
His playstyle resembles Luka Doncic and Jalen Brunson, who succeed with high basketball IQ and craftiness.
His small town retail business copped a big hit during November's severe flooding with every floorboard still needing to be replaced, a ravaged cellar beneath still resembles a dive pool along with continuing electrical works and daily water extractions.
In a baking bowl rub the butter, sugar, and flour together until it resembles fine sand, then sprinkle over the rhubarb.
Common combinations with resembles
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- resembles the 40×
- that resembles 28×
- closely resembles 20×
- it resembles 17×
- resembles that 12×
- which resembles 8×
- and resembles 7×
- resembles an 6×
- now resembles 6×
- who resembles 5×