simile

Example Sentences

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I love that simile because she did refer to her wardrobe as an “impenetrable fortress.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2025

The settings—generic spaces such as cafés, train stations, hotel lobbies, and offices—tend to be described with similar brevity, while the detectives’ actions are recounted in prose generally lacking metaphor, simile, or fanciful digression.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

“The simile with the DNA is more a metaphor but in some way, there exists the connection as mentioned for solving paths.”

From Salon • Nov. 13, 2024

Mario Cuomo over the grammatical difference between a simile and metaphor.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 3, 2024

“In the account I struck upon an especially suitable simile in comparing the Scenicruiser bus to a loop-the- loop in a surrealistic amusement park.”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole