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

Similes have to use the words “like” or “as,” though.

From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy