Abraham, as he more fully awoke (for he had moved in a sort of trance so far), began to talk of the strange shapes assumed by the various dark objects against the sky; of this tree that looked like a raging tiger springing from a lair; of that which resembled a giant's head.
— from Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman by Thomas Hardy

Sir Leicester, left alone, remains in the same attitude, as though he were still listening and his attention were still occupied.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

A little later a rakish young workman, with a goatee beard and a swagger, lit his clay pipe at the lamp before descending into the street.
— from The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

I returned, therefore, as soon as possible, with such speed, and with my spirits in such a state of agitation, that though I recall with pleasure all my other travels, I have not the least recollection of this, only remembering my leaving Lyons and reaching Annecy.
— from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Milady received this look like a resigned victim; it was impossible to imagine a more submissive or a more mild expression than that which prevailed on her beautiful countenance.
— from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

Yes, it looks like a river, an immense river full of islands.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

Études et paroles de E. Levasseur, Lord Avebury, René Worms, J. Novicow, Lester F. Ward, A. P. Xénopol, Louis Gumplowicz, Ferdinand Tönnies, Raoul de la Grasserie, Simon Halpércine, Ludwig Stein, Émile Worms, Charles M. Limousin, Frederick Harrison, C. L. Loch, G. Arcoleo, R. Garofalo, J. K. Kochanowski, Léon Phillipe, Alfredo Niceforo, N. A. Abrikossof, Adolphe Landry.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

If it is a reptile, and I suppose it is; for it has frowzy hair and blue eyes, and looks like a reptile.
— from Eve's Diary, Complete by Mark Twain

Doctor Winchester followed him closely; his face was pale, but with that kind of pallor which looked like a reaction.
— from The Jewel of Seven Stars by Bram Stoker

Left and right flanks swung round, the line lengthened, and round the struggling horses, knee-deep in woolly backs, split the streams to flow together beyond in one resistless river of sheep.
— from The Heritage of the Desert: A Novel by Zane Grey

In four months he left Liverpool and returned home, the great life-question still upon his mind.
— from Lives of Illustrious Shoemakers by W. E. (William Edward) Winks

But you 235 also seem to have had the idea that you could turn me loose like a range horse.
— from The Prairie Child by Arthur Stringer

In some instances, the intermediate or lower leaves are reduced to eight sprays of foliage; and the capital is left dependent for its effect on the bold position of the figures.
— from Stones of Venice [introductions] by John Ruskin

He dressed differently too: formerly he had been neatly attired, and looked like a respectable, well-doing man; but now he was showy and gaudy, wore a number of large rings and other articles of cheap jewellery, and his desire to be thought a great man had increased, greatly, so much so, indeed, that his declamations against trade and all concerned in it, deeply affronted the worthies who were wont to assemble at the Sir Hugh, and occasioned many disputes and altercations.
— from Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi by Joseph Grimaldi

Some of the furniture made the place look like a room occupied by a man.
— from The Fallen Leaves by Wilkie Collins

Secondly, many large larvæ, as Reaumur has observed, are destroyed by a less degree of cold than smaller species whose respiratory organization is necessarily on a much less extensive scale.
— from An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. 2 or Elements of the Natural History of the Insects by William Kirby

He drew in a hard breath through teeth that gripped his lower lip, and restrained himself.
— from Charles Rex by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell