similes
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Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana is notable for his comic similes, but not much else.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
Boras then went into one of his similes and word plays.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 8, 2023
Ted came to England as a broken man with a gentle smile on his face, a head full of homespun similes, cornpone puns and a heart bursting with Midwestern niceness.
From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2023
Writers often resort to similes and metaphors to describe a wine, likening it to a string quartet or a brass band or a ballet.
From New York Times ● Mar. 24, 2022
Though no writer can avoid idioms altogether—they’re part of the English lexicon, just like individual words—good writers reach for fresh similes and metaphors that keep the reader’s sensory cortexes lit up.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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