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Frank J. Wilstach, comp.  A Dictionary of Similes.  1916.
 
Beam
 
  Beaming like stars.
            —Hans Christian Andersen		  1
  Beamed like the splendor of an eastern sky.
            —Anonymous		  2
  His face beamed like a pearl with light.
            —Arabian Nights		  3
  Like ray-collecting mirrors, beams.
            —Walter Harte		  4
  Beaming as the summer’s morn.
            —Oliver Wendell Holmes		  5
Slant yellow beam …
Like a lane into Heaven that leads from a dream.
            —Sidney Lanier		  6
  Eyes beaming, like angel’s looks.
            —Donald G. Mitchell		  7
  Beamed like the rising sun.
            —Dinah Maria Mulock		  8
  Beaming like light on chaos.
            —Thomas L. Peacock		  9
  Beams like flowers.
            —Percy Bysshe Shelley		  10
 
 
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