How to use "like" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "like" in popular movie and book plots

  • Another day, the victims are forced to act like dogs.  - Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
  • Julia alights from the ship, looking nothing like the photos she's sent prior to her voyage.  - Original Sin (2001 film)
  • It gets its name from a formerly prominent local family, the Mohunes, whose coat of arms includes a symbol shaped like a capital 'Y'.  - Moonfleet
  • Life at the campus feels like a feudalistic society, with Bill Gates as the lord, and the employees the serfs.  - Microserfs
  • Meanwhile, Brad became interested in cars like his father and took up soccer.  - Home Improvement (TV series)
  • Tall, with a red beard, he was seen as trustworthy and, like Fawkes, capable of looking after himself.  - Gunpowder Plot
  • Scarlett encounters Rhett Butler again at a benefit dance, where he is dressed like a dandy.  - Gone with the Wind (novel)
  • Charles later awkwardly tries confessing his love to her and hinting that he would like to have a relationship with her, to no avail.  - Four Weddings and a Funeral
  • After she shrugs it off, her hand becomes possessed, causing her to draw a picture that looks like a book with a deformed, evil face.  - The Evil Dead
  • With Kong straddling it like a rodeo bull, the bomb falls and detonates.  - Dr. Strangelove
  • In the first episode, players navigate a tunnel in the wall of a prison cell hidden behind a poster, just like in The Shawshank Redemption.  - Duke Nukem 3D
  • Otheym gives Paul his dwarf Tleilaxu servant Bijaz, who like a recording machine, can remember faces, names, and details.  - Dune Messiah
  • Lynx travels with Harle, a mysterious, playful girl dressed like a harlequin.  - Chrono Cross
  • Jeffrey relays his experience to Sandy, asking her why there are people like Frank.  - Blue Velvet (film)
  • She disguises herself in virginal white robes and a veil (much like Philia's) to try to catch Senex being unfaithful.  - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
  • She tells him the world needs people like him, and Hapgood can't turn himself in.  - Anyone Can Whistle

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