Stagger Similes. Frank J. Wilstach, comp. 1916. A Dictionary of Similes

Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.

Stagger


Staggered away as a defeated man staggers away from the field of battle. —Joseph Conrad	1
Staggered … like a child that is just allowed to go alone. —Victor Hugo	2
Staggers, like a sinking mast. —Victor Hugo	3
Staggering like a quivering aspen leaf. —Christopher Marlowe	4
Staggers like a starveling cripple. —Donald G. Mitchell	5
Like an old oke, whose pith and sap is seare, At puffe of every storm doth stagger. —Edmund Spenser	6
Stagger like a drunken man. —Old Testament	7
Staggering … like tiplers answering Father Mathew’s call. —John Greenleaf Whittier	8