similes
Example Sentences
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In a 1944 letter, he noted that he sometimes found Welty’s gorgeous metaphors and similes a distraction, “touching something outside the story so vividly that for a moment the mind shifts away from the theme.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025
The Nebraska-born Walz also emanates the positivity of Ted Lasso, a Kansan, minus the stuffed-down crippling depression and the barrage of folksy similes.
From Salon • Aug. 7, 2024
His witty similes and graceful prose have arguably done more to open minds to the potential intellectual value of crime fiction than any other writing.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2024
Another song, “Runaway Train,” is an upbeat collaboration with Jon Randall that wouldn’t be out of place on mainstream country radio, savoring its similes: “You’ve got a heart like a runaway train/screaming down the mountainside.”
From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2024
But whenever you hear bad poets declaiming their bad poetry, filled with foolish similes and ugly rhymes, you will know which of the meads they have tasted.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
