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

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

Vague


Vague as a shadow. —Anonymous	1
Vague like a suggestion of solid darkness. —Joseph Conrad	2
Vague … like feathers wafted backwards From passage birds in flight. —William Dean Howells	3
Vague and unmarked as desert sands. —Mary Johnston	4
Vague as solitary dove, Nor knew that nests were built. —John Keats	5
Vague, like the thoughts of a child. —Charles Kingsley	6
A vague presentment of impending doom, Like ghostly footsteps in a vacant room. —Henry W. Longfellow	7
Vague surmise Shines in the father’s gentle eyes, As firelight on a window-pane Glimmers and vanishes away. —Henry W. Longfellow	8
Vague as futurity. —Owen Meredith	9
Vague as the music of a moon-bathed brook. —Francis S. Saltus	10