similes

Example Sentences

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Similes and metaphors are examples of figurative, rather than literal, language.

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

Similes come steadily, none of which really seem to fit.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 20, 2018

Similes abound: When she was staring at her fourth cup of coffee the Crescent Limited honked like a giant goose at its northbound mate and rumbled across the Chattahoochee into Alabama.

From The Guardian • Jul. 14, 2015

Similes, which usually contain the words like or as, isolate one out of many possible resemblances, while a metaphor implies the overlapping of two broader domains.

From Slate • Nov. 24, 2014

ZZZzzzzz In the hallway after class you see The Mac grinning like he’s just won the lottery, in a neon green T-shirt that says: Similes are like metaphors.

From "Booked" by Kwame Alexander