simile

When Lok discovers simile, it is, poignantly, to describe his awareness that the newcomers will sweep through his world “like a fire in the forest.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 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

Second row Samuel Slade's simile, comparing his team's ability to adapt to a pokemon, was the most audacious attempt and when the poker faces started to slip.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2023

But soon they found an explanation, which he illustrates with a looser simile: We’re all used to gravity being a force that does only one thing: pull objects toward each other.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana is notable for his comic similes, but not much else.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

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

Those whose fables and metaphors, whose similes, and soliloquies, whose diction and je ne sais quoi daily slip into your survival soup, by way of their fingers.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat