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

Beam

Beaming like stars.
—Hans Christian Andersen

Beamed like the splendor of an eastern sky.
—Anonymous

His face beamed like a pearl with light.
—Arabian Nights

Like ray-collecting mirrors, beams.
—Walter Harte

Beaming as the summer’s morn.
—Oliver Wendell Holmes

Slant yellow beam …
Like a lane into Heaven that leads from a dream.
—Sidney Lanier

Eyes beaming, like angel’s looks.
—Donald G. Mitchell

Beamed like the rising sun.
—Dinah Maria Mulock

Beaming like light on chaos.
—Thomas L. Peacock

Beams like flowers.
—Percy Bysshe Shelley