Simile used in a sentence

Simile in a sentence as a noun

"Jettison" does not fit the simile he was going for, at all.

This simile is utter nonsense from the outset.

Or is it only specific ones, such as metaphors and hyperbole, with simile being mostly OK?

I too find that using real life similes is very efficient for explaining computers to older people.

If you have a modern simile for Tablets, Flash is just completely redundant I'm against Flash but this argument doesn't hold.

I apologize in advance if this simile is offensive, but I think patents are a little like nuclear weapons.

This simile sucks all of the air out of the discussion by invoking deeply emotional responses.

The nascent Google simile of this is still minuscule in comparison, making gifting in the Android market a much less pleasant affair.

For example my favorite simile to use is to explain how a computer works, typically so an older person can understand why they need more memory for their computer, not a faster processor or bigger hard drive.

Let's use a simile:If particle physics is figuring out how a watch works by smashing it against a wall and studying the debrisThen biotech is throwing gears and springs into a test tube and carefully stirring at certain temperatures until you can hear ticking.

Metaphor is a type of analogy and is closely related to other rhetorical figures of speech that achieve their effects via association, comparison or resemblance including allegory, hyperbole, and simile.

" Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.\n Never us a long word where a short one will do.\n If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.\n Never use the passive where you can use the active.\n Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.\n Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.