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

Stretch

Stretch away, like the perspective of a dream.
—Paul Bourget

Stretch … like a bow-string by the forceful arm of some bold archer strained.
—Lucian

Stretched as far as doth the mind of man.
—Christopher Marlowe

Stretching out his hand like the wings of a bird.
—François Rabelais

Laura stretched her gleaming neck
Like a rush-imbedded swan,
Like a lily from the beck,
Like a moonlit poplar branch,
Like a vessel at the launch
When its last restraint is gone.
—Christina Georgina Rossetti

Stretched along, like a wounded knight.
—William Shakespeare

Stretch like imploring arms.
—Bayard Taylor

Stretched out the heavens as a curtain.
—Old Testament