His real name was Mastro Antonio, but everyone called him Mastro Cherry, for the tip of his nose was so round and red and shiny that it looked like a ripe cherry.
— from The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi

I do not know what else it was made of; I only know that it looked like a real pumpkin.
— from Bright Ideas for Entertaining by Linscott, Herbert B., Mrs.

It had four white pillars, which were vague with excessive light, columns of gleaming mist; and these upheld a high pediment, covered with deep stone mouldings which cast such shadows and received such brightness that it looked like a rich casket chased by some giant jeweller.
— from The Judge by Rebecca West

“Well,” said Molly Brown, “when I left home last September, one of my brothers cheerfully informed me that I looked like ‘a rag and a bone and a hank of hair.’
— from Molly Brown's Freshman Days by Nell Speed

They came down all in a row, each with her hand on the shoulder of the girl ahead of her, so that it looked like a real toboggan.
— from The Camp Fire Girls at School; Or, The Wohelo Weavers by Hildegard G. Frey

Tomba, the faithful black, begged to be allowed to go down, and tell his master and mistress that help would soon be at hand again, even though it looked like a retreat on the part of the rescuers, but this could not be permitted.
— from Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle; Or, Daring Adventures in Elephant Land by Victor Appleton

A CHANCE IN A THOUSAND “ It looks like a regular workshop.
— from Captain Lucy in France by Aline Havard

The officers are generally chosen from the regiments of the line, men remarkable for strength, courage, and prudence; full of energy, pushing the love of their colors to its last limit, always ready to confront death and to run up to meet danger, they seek glory rather than promotion.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various