Use "be akin to" in a sentence

1. These would be akin to such things as “I hurt myself” in English

2. He knew that catching Joe Billie by surprise in skull hammock would be akin to a popcorn fart sneaking by a bloodhound

3. To suggest the Hasmonean Kingdom was unified would be akin to ignoring enmity

4. In light of the formative role of restrictions, it looks as if this might be akin to trying

5. And whereas the other so-called virtues of the soul seem to be akin to bodily qualities, for even when they are not originally innate they can be implanted later by habit and exercise, the virtue of wisdom more than anything else contains a divine element which always remains, and by this conversion is rendered useful and profitable; or, on the other hand, hurtful and useless