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Resembles vs Resembles to

The correct phrase is "resembles." The preposition "to" should not follow the verb "resembles" in this context.

Last updated: March 27, 2024 • 1940 views

Resembles

This is the correct form of the verb "resembles."

Use "resembles" without any preposition following it when comparing two things or people.
  • Resembles the surface of a wood table
  • What it resembles, oddly enough, is placental tissue.
  • In low concentrations its odor resembles hay or grass.
  • The situation resembles that of refugee assistance.
  • Bill resembles his father in character.
  • And despite this establishment's nomenclature, this resembles no Scottish meal I've ever eaten.
  • Its long neck resembles that of a horse.
  • Now, this spasm just spoke of, it resembles rigor mortis but presents itself earlier.
  • Her name's being withheld pending notification of next of kin, but I've been told told she resembles the other Dead Rose Slasher victims.
  • Resembles the victims, and drives a luxury sedan.
  • Resembles the trace we found on Pete Miller's shirt and from the suspect at Far Rockaway.
  • '... Resembles a battlefield after an uprising on a scale 'unequalled in the postwar period...'
  • Shocking how much your life resembles cartoons.
  • It resembles your description of the Grimoire.
  • So the experience of practicing medicine rarely resembles the goal.
  • The symptoms you're describing - it resembles schizophrenia.
  • But still, I noticed he resembles me.
  • I don't want him seeing anything that even resembles a pill.
  • What happens next resembles a spinning ice skater.
  • This resembles the Pascal René case.

Resembles to

This construction is incorrect in English. The correct form is simply "resembles."

Avoid using "resembles to" as it is not a valid construction in English. Stick to using "resembles" alone when making comparisons.
  • It is so resembling that it resembles to nothing
  • "Yes, don't worry, engineer..." To the first one who dares to say that resembles to me... I'll kick to him with this foot.
  • The sequence and nature of the events characterising the recent turmoil resemble to some extent those of the financial market turbulence experienced in the second half of 1998, typically referred to as the «LTCM crisis».
  • The provisions in the proposal that deal with the control and the supervision of data processing, as well as on the consultation on matters related to data processing resemble to a large extent the provisions of Directive 95/46/EC.
  • At sunset, the CACTI start to resemble people looking for hugs.
  • A kagemusha is supposed to resemble the other person.
  • One can be made to resemble the other.
  • The girl, made up to resemble your wife.
  • For it to resemble the original, maybe.
  • Merlin told me he changed Uther's face to resemble your husband...
  • Traditional greasepaint used by clowns, but applied to resemble a pulcinella.
  • This one was clearly crafted to resemble Marjorie Lin.
  • You're far too pretty to resemble Clive.
  • I have to be friendly and gentlemanly to resemble Dok Go Jin.
  • The criminals seem to resemble typical salarymen, students, and ordinary civilians.
  • Three-sided and, if possible, made to resemble indigenous rock.
  • You and Selma you resemble yourselves without to know it.
  • I never saw anything to resemble this in America
  • How this imperfect clay that we call man Can mold itself to resemble the divine.
  • Flummoxed by a foreign concept that resembles close to nothing of what you know?

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