A like fingernails on a chalkboard screech filled the lecture hall and everyone flinched.

When the mechanic found the broken engine, he began to curse like a pagan, filling the garage with colorful language.

When he stubbed his toe, he would swear like a pagan until tears came to his eyes.

Commuters were packed like sardines in the morning train, barely able to breathe.

I hope everything will go like a dream tomorrow.

She stepped into the crowded gallery like a moth to a flame, unable to resist the shimmering installation at the center.

She kept returning to the risky investment like a moth to flame, ignoring all warnings.

Researchers discovered that toll-like receptors play a crucial role in initiating the innate immune response to bacterial infection.

After we started watering them every morning, the tomato seedlings began to grow like a weed.

She clung to the lifeline like grim death until the coast guard hauled her aboard.