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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
resemble
/ɹɪˈzɛmb(ə)l/
verb
to be similar to someone or something in looks or manner
- “There's a theory that dog owners often resemble their dogs.”Tatoeba
- “Life resembles a novel more often than novels resemble life.”Tatoeba
Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.
Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)