similes
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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
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
Boras then went into one of his similes and word plays.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 8, 2023
The General was a portly, ugly man, his manners were not refined, and his talk was conspicuous for an eagerness to apply military similes to a very wide variety of matters.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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