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As I Lay Dying - Faulkner, William - 1930
Her eyes look like lamps blaring up just before the oil is gone.
Invasion of the boy snatchers - Harrison, Lisi - 2005
Massie Block stretched out her arms so she looked like the letter T.
Les Miserables - Hugo, Victor - 1964
There was a quivering in the grass which seemed like the departure of souls. (121)
MY NARRITIVE - Rachel Houle -
Annasaid as she danced around as if she had to go to the bathroom.
Secret Agent, The - Conrad, Joseph - 1907
He advanced, and stretching out his hand, dragged the veil off, unmasking a still, unreadable face, against which his nervous exasperation was shattered like a glass bubble flung against a rock.
Talk Talk - Boyle, T. Coraghessan - 2006
Without further elaboration he read off the list of charges as if he were a waiter reciting the specials of the day.

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… his teeth, set in pale gums, are parted a little as if he had been laughing quietly.
-- As I Lay Dying - Faulkner, William - 1930