Examples of Simile

A simile is a figure of speech comparing two unlike things, often introduced with the words "like" or "as".

• The runner was like a horse dashing to the finish line.
• Her teeth are like sparkling pearls.
• The maiden's hair is like a hanging black carpet.
• Her grief is like a lead weight in her heart.
• He runs like a deer.
• Do not eat your food like a wolf.
• My pulse beats like a drum.
• The frozen meat is like hard steel.
• Darren maintains his haircut like a newly mowed lawn grass.
• The world trade center twin towers crumbled to the ground like a stack of cards.
• Her smile blossomed into a grin like a flower opening its petals.
• Her best friend's compliment tickled her like a feather.
• Death came to the accident victims like a thief in the night.

• The nervous child's hands are as cold as ice cubes.
• The night is as dark as as the inside of a coal bin.
• This lemonade surely tastes as sweet as honey.
• Everyone heard the angry man's voice which was as loud as thunder.
• As high as a post. Daniel has to bow his head everytime he passes by the door.
• His dad was as cool as a cucumber when he heard the news.
• Did you say that Superman is as hard as steel?
• Her lips are as red as the rose.
• The deer's eyes were as round as marbles.
• The cold-hearted general is said to have as hard as a rock.
• The view from the mountain top was as pretty as a picture.
• Frozen in fear, the hostage was as motionless as a statue.
• The hands of the laundrywoman were as rough as a sandpaper.

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