Example Sentences

Hey Dad, meet your latest descendant!

I bet you're asking this for something at school. Really? Pay more attention in lesson plz :)

Since the economy had been doing badly, his net pay had dropped.

His net pay was much less than his gross pay.

He always had a fascination for the night sky, so he was excited about buying his first telescope.

The dog had no shelter and was walking alone in the darkness.

Since I don't know what story you're referring to, I can give you a general example of a simile (as opposed to a metaphor). Let's say we're talking about a woman who is dark and dangerous.

"The woman turned her head towards me and the gaze in her eyes were like black clouds before a thunderstorm."

Basically, if you directly compare or explicitly describe something by pointing out its similarities to something else using the connective words "as if" or "like" between the subject and the thing you're comparing the subject to, then it's a simile.

But, if you imply or otherwise neglect to make the comparison between two different kinds of things clear (using "as if" or "like" or another word or words that have the same meaning) to the reader, then it falls under the more general category of "metaphor."

Example: "The woman turned her head towards me and the gaze in her eyes were like black clouds before a thunderstorm."

Without the "like," the sentence is no longer a simile.

I hope that helped and didn't confuse you more =^S!

The soldier was charged with desertion at his court-martial.

Words with those letters include eleven, benevolent, unveiling and shelving.

It's time to mop the floor.

A sneeze is an example of an involuntary reflex.

Three is a one syllable word.

That syllable is sometimes silent.

Harold was awoken by the sound of St John's church bells, shattering any hope of a Sunday morning lie in.

My kitten is drinking milk :)

The strong wind and spring high tide caused a surge of seawater to flood the marshes even as far as the coast road.

We all have the flu, so I've brewed some tea for the entire brood.

Look what the brood brewed up for my birthday!

Yes, I would very much like to have another slice of pumpkin pie.

There's a little frost on the pumpkin this morning.

Oh look! There is something stuck on your face!

A hypothesis just needs a little proof in order to become an accepted fact.

That's a fine hypothesis, Smedley!

I'm sorry, I do not have an answer to your question.

Do not fear, for I am here.

They were really pleased that there was a good turn-out at the meeting.

Immigration is the arrival of people from other countries hoping to make a new and better life for themselves than in the country they have left.

The latter example is correct.

I want you to pay strict attention to this next part; and above all else, listen carefully.

It was painful to try to do the splits in gymastics at first, but I finallly got it!

I took only enough money to buy a Happy Meal.

She endured the suffering long enough to know her marriage was broken.

I've had enough turkey, thank you!