be dissimilar

Example Sentences

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I suggest to Arthur that his behaviour may not be dissimilar to that of an online troll.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2023

"The principle that environments and life forms in the universe may be dissimilar, but that biochemical reactions are universal throughout creation," Dal said slowly.

From Star Surgeon by Nourse, Alan Edward

The people of this country cannot properly be compared with the inhabitants of England; their institutions are different, and their habits and manners must necessarily be dissimilar.

From A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles through the United States of America by Ferrall, S. A. (Simon Ansley)

I think it was because she had begun to fancy all our tastes must be dissimilar.

From Cousin Phillis by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn

If this supposition is accepted, the primary business of an investigator of nature is to trace likenesses and analogies between what seem on the surface to be dissimilar and unconnected events.

From The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry by Muir, M. M. Pattison