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Sentence Examples

  • Sometimes it took a ridiculous simile to make a point.

  • Many times a simile may contain the word "as" or "like".

  • Neither art nor nature could supply a better simile of the grace of God than this.

  • The simile in the next line serves to emphasize the speed of the fall.

  • A common simile that can be used to describe someone calm or relaxed is "cool as a cucumber".

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