Thesaurus results for RESEMBLED

resembled

verb

past tense of resemble

as in approached

to look or be like (someone or something) He strongly resembles his father in appearance and in temperament. Terrier dogs closely resemble each other.

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Recent Examples of resembled The standout performer is Yoane Wissa, who was signed after Isak’s defection last summer and then barely resembled a footballer. — George Caulkin, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026 In a sequencer that resembled a large fridge, millions of short nucleic-acid fragments would be identified in the span of ten hours. — Jason Liebowitz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2026 The warrants indicated that the child’s body was covered in bruises, including one that resembled a shoe print, per the outlet. — Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 22 Aug. 2026 The blue ship, the fishermen said, resembled a tuna fishing boat but was larger and had a tall wheelhouse toward the front. — Michael Rios, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026 The film’s story resembled Fonda’s real-life relationship with daughter Jane, who said working on the movie together helped resolve some of their issues. — Beth Harris, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026 Of rivers that resembled living creatures and of golden statues of the Virgin, sent for by Father Antonio Ruiz from far-off lands. — Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2026 Here being Los Angeles, stretches of which then resembled the coming of Ragnarök, when a battle between gods and fire giants ends with the whole world ablaze. — Matt Thompson, SPIN, 14 Aug. 2026 His mission, Misra told Variety, was to figure out whether there was an appetite for something that resembled the news but where nothing but the stories themselves was rooted in reality. — Corbin Bolies, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026

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Sky guard Natasha Cloud approached Freedom’s courtside seat during a third-quarter timeout, leading to a verbal exchange.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026
As the end approached, families moved out, one at a time, hugging and saying goodbyes to each other outside their dorms.

— Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of approached

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The bystander recalled everyone around her jumping into action.

— Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
Ternus, the colleague recalled, would spend about an hour in the morning reimagining a product with computer software, then walk into the in-house machine shop and fabricate the part himself on a mill or lathe.

— Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of recalled

Verb

Some Black shoppers, who felt alienated after Target’s 2025 DEI rollbacks, expressed fresh disappointment on Monday.

— Reuters, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
Yet the recent swirl of negative discourse around influencer culture has felt different, in part because hating influencers is no longer just a snarky internet pastime.

— Laura Jung, Vogue, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of felt

Verb

Other Surrealists, meanwhile, seemed to take from animals a license to exploit other (generally female) bodies, as in Clovis Trouille’sJustine(1937), in which both a naked female figure and a lion are bound and captive.

— Kelly Presutti, ARTnews.com, 28 Aug. 2026
To the outside observer, the hearing for the soft-spoken man with the graying mustache may have seemed like any other, save for the FBI agents from the public corruption squad sitting in the back.

— Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of seemed

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The fourth-year pro with blazing speed had an impressive training camp and appeared to be one of the team’s main kick returners.

— Josh Kendall, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026
During Copenhagen Fashion Week, the monochrome palette appeared on nearly every showgoer—a stark contrast to the week’s historically maximalist approach.

— Laura Jackson, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2026

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