uncanny resemblance

collocation in English

meaningsofuncannyandresemblance

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uncanny
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈkæn.i/us
/ʌnˈkæn.i/
strange or mysterious, often in a way that is ...
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resemblance
noun[C or U]
uk
/rɪˈzem.bləns/us
/rɪˈzem.bləns/
the fact that two people or things look like each other or are similar in some ...
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(Definition ofuncannyandresemblancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofuncanny resemblance

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There is anuncannyresemblancebetween this grouping and the one constituted by anthropologists and humanitarian workers today.
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We can have no guarantee that in the maelstrom of political events and priorities the future will not bear anuncannyresemblanceto the past.
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That bears anuncannyresemblanceto my name.
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That is anuncannyresemblanceto what happened in the 1930s, and it took a world war to get out of that mess.
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They might find anuncannyresemblancebetween their arguments and those used in opposition to giving women the vote.
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There is anuncannyresemblancebetween the present day and the 1930s in my constituency.
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As the daughter gets older the narrator notices she bears anuncannyresemblanceto her mother, but he refuses to give the child a name.
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New paper bore anuncannyresemblanceto the old one, both in tone and layout.
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They citeduncannyresemblancein imagery, sentence structure, and paragraph organization between the two books.
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There is anuncannyresemblancebetween the two.
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These sisters have been given different hairstyles for easy identification due to theiruncannyresemblance.
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They are as brightly marked as the most colorful butterflies; indeed, they bear anuncannyresemblance in shape and coloration to some papilionid butterflies (swallowtails and relatives).
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Like many other uraniine moths, the sunset moth has anuncannyresemblanceto swallowtail butterflies, especially in its tails and colourful wings, and can easily be mistaken for a butterfly.
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Tyler had an almostuncannyresemblanceto the character.
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Bolshoi produces a model universe that bears a striking anduncannyresemblanceto the real thing.
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Agnes' youngest child has anuncannyresemblanceto the minister, including his hairdo - for that matter, so do most of the very young children of his congregation.
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