Unlike

Examples

• Then the wise and good will not desire to gain more than his like, but more than his unlike and opposite? Plato. The Republic.
• Pray don't say any more about it, said Will, in a hoarse undertone extremely unlike his usual light voice. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• To which he added, in a small complicated hand, ending with a long lean flourish, not unlike a lasso thrown at all the rest of the names: Blandois. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• They were not unlike birds, altogether; having a sharp, brisk, sudden manner, and a little short, spruce way of adjusting themselves, like canaries. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• It was not so unlike her father's principles, and her early training, that it need startle her. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• And, unlike the American colonists, who simply repudiated a king, the French, following in the footsteps of the English revolution, beheaded one. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• O how unlike me! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• I was very hot, and the voice I heard was very unlike mine, when I said, 'It is, sir! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• It entertains _me_ more than many other things have done; but then I am unlike other people, I dare say. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• I think, said Adeimantus, that in the spirit of contention which characterises him, he is not unlike our friend Glaucon. Plato. The Republic.
• Unlike Celia, she rarely blushed, and only from high delight or anger. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• She placed on the table a glass of new milk, a plate of something which looked not unlike leather, and a utensil which resembled a toasting-fork. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I roused, and interested you, because I was so unlike _them_. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Except that we are both orphans, we are in every respect as unlike each other as possible. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Yes, she answered, laying down her work, which she had been carrying on with a languid semi-consciousness, most unlike her usual self. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• You are in a melancholy humour, and fancy that any one unlike yourself must be happy. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Very unlike her usual self: a civiller and better-behaved servant, in general, you never met with. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Mine own people do not care for me, John Carter; I am too unlike them. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• The intermingling in the school of youth of different races, differing religions, and unlike customs creates for all a new and broader environment. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Very foolish, and very unlike ME--but so it is. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• But when aroused she would make a dash which, just for the time, was not unlike the move of a naturally lively person. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The duchess, unlike Lord Frederick Bentinck, was fond of hard words. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Your tempers are by no means unlike. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• And, unlike these, it does not need to be tarred for preservation, as it is not injured by the salt water. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Mrs Flintwinch has a Dream When Mrs Flintwinch dreamed, she usually dreamed, unlike the son of her old mistress, with her eyes shut. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• He was more unlike himself than I could have supposed possible. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Trooper was never yet billeted upon a household more unlike him. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• These latter rolls were also face-lined with chilled-iron plates; but, unlike the larger ones, were positively driven, reducing the rock to pieces of about one-half-inch size, or smaller. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• A shaggy little damaged man, withal, not unlike an old dog of some mongrel breed, who has been considerably knocked about. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• What he saw, meanwhile, with the help of the lamp, was the faded shadowy charm of a room unlike any room he had known. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.

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