Examples of using "словно" in a sentence and their english translations:
Life is like a journey.
Time seemed to stop.
like tape being pulled off a box,
a little bit like hearing a smoke alarm going off
The slaves were working like so many ants.
He speaks like an angel.
She is as simple as a child.
Tom is like one of the family.
His eyes are like sapphires.
You're a sky full of stars.
Mary looked like she was dead.
We live in a culture that seems obsessed with sex.
that hits us with something wonderful or something terrible.
That man's monstrously strong.
Tom is like a different person now.
The lake's water is as smooth as a mirror.
I feel like another person.
Tom acted like a madman.
It was like I was in a trance.
Mountains like frozen wrinkles on a sea.
and I've scattered them all throughout my talk.
like I've never loved before,
The woman speaks as if she were a teacher.
She spoke as though nothing had happened.
He speaks as if he knew the criminal.
- We are like brothers.
- We're like brothers.
Tom looks as though he wants to cry.
The wind sounds scary, like screaming ghosts.
Ken talks as if he knew everything.
Shadows hung to the walls like cobwebs.
You two look like you're in love.
Tom is like a member of our family.
The water was warm and inviting.
Mary looks as if she's seen a ghost.
Why do you stand staring as if you saw a ghost?
It seems like you don't know what to do.
We treat these animals as family members.
It's drilling them in your brain.
and there were bodies littering the streets of Freetown.
I really could feel it. That big creature.
The section chief made me work like a slave.
The boy talks as if he were a girl.
Three boys climbed the trees like a bunch of monkeys.
My friend shook his head as much as to say "impossible".
He looked as if nothing had happened.
He talks as if he knew the secret.
The kite soared upwards with the swiftness of a bird.
He pretends not to care about money.
What happened in Vietnam was like a bad dream.
Tom looks as though he might start crying.
I feel like I'm losing my mind.
- She looked like she was going to start crying again.
- He looked like he was going to start crying again.
Tom was like a member of our family.
He stuck his head in the sand like an ostrich.
Tom looks like he's ready to cry.
People with no humour are like meadows without flowers.
Tom looks like he just got up.
He stood like that without moving, just like a statue.
He was sitting as still as a statue in the mosque.
You look like you've just seen a ghost.
Sometimes he acts as if he were my boss.
It's a bit like climbing Mount Everest or graduating high school;
like we're talking about aliens or UFOs.
Your sister looks as noble as if she were a princess.
The boy talks as if he were a man.
I saw five airplanes flying away like so many birds.
She talks as if she knew all about it.
That boy talks as if he were already an adult.
Looks like someone threw up their guts all over the walls.
The policeman stood like a statue with his arms folded across his chest.
A crow is as black as coal.
Tom is acting like nothing happened.
All of a sudden, the enemy bombs came down on us like rain.
Tom ran off like a coward.
Hypotheses are nets: only he who casts will catch.
I feel like I'm always being watched.
Tom wrinkled his brow like he was displeased.
The northernmost part of the city is a maze of alleys.
I felt as if I were dreaming.
The wind wandered moaning round the house like a lost soul.
Tom appeared suddenly, as if he just grew out of the ground.
Tom rubbed his forehead, as if trying to remember something.
And it was joyous. It was like, "Well, there she is."
I'm under the impression that it's been raining all day.
Mary felt like Tom was undressing her with his eyes.