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

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

Struggle


Struggling like a flower towards Heaven. —Anonymous	1
Struggling like a man led towards death and crucifixion. —Thomas Carlyle	2
Struggled, like an old lawyer between two fees. —William Congreve	3
Struggled instinctively like an animal under a net. —Joseph Conrad	4
Struggles, like a living creature making its way from under a great snowdrift. —George Eliot	5
Struggling like a captive dove which wishes to resume its flight. —Gustave Flaubert	6
Struggled, like a dragon-doubt glooming a lonely spirit. —Charles Harpur	7
She struggled against silence like soda-water against the cork. —Anthony Hope	8
Struggle, like a wild, frantic bird that is rending its plumage in its desperation. —Victor Hugo	9
Struggling like black spirits in hell. —Victor Hugo	10
Struggled together like foes in a burning city. —Henry W. Longfellow	11
Struggle, like a stricken hare When swoops the monarch bird of air. —T. Buchanan Read	12
Struggling like an animal in an air pump. —Sir Richard Steele	13
Struggling … like a wild beast tangled in a net. —Rabindranath Tagore	14
Struggled like a bird chained and restive. —Walter Thornbury	15