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I have been taught that to use まるで, you must put ようだ or ように in the sentence.
However, in the following sentence :

> まるで・・・尋問だね。

The "よう" part is missing, why is that ?
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Grammar まるで - ようだ
まるで doesn't necessarily have to be used with ようだ. Saying `まるで + noun + だ/です`
is totally fine. The following sentences are all valid and mean roughly the
same thing.

  * まるで尋問だ。
  * まるで尋問のようだ。
  * まるで尋問みたいだ。
  * 尋問のようだ。
  * 尋問みたいだ。

さながら is a literary word that works in the same way. (e.g., さながら尋問だ。)

Additionally, まるで means "at all" if used with a _negative_ expression:

  * その帽子は、私にまるで似合わない。
  * 車が故障してしまい、まるで動かない。
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He meant

  * まるで尋問だね。 = This is a torture, isn't it?

It's a different expression

  * まるで尋問みたい/ようだね。 = It looks like a torture.
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