make an analogy
Frequency: 7.311.5 per million words
To make or create a comparison between two things.
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- In his speech, the coach made an analogy between teamwork in sports and success in business.
- It's often helpful to make an analogy to simplify a complex scientific principle for students.
- The poet makes a beautiful analogy, comparing love to a fragile, blooming flower.
- Can you make an analogy that explains how the internet works to someone unfamiliar with technology?
- Making a false analogy can weaken your entire argument, so be careful with your comparisons.
- The historian was criticized for making a poor analogy between the two distinct historical events.
- If you want to persuade them, you'll need to make an analogy they can easily relate to.
- Let me try to make an analogy: the company's structure is like a beehive, with everyone having a specific role.
- He was struggling to make an analogy that would resonate with the audience.
- The lawyer made a clever analogy in his closing argument, which seemed to influence the jury.