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

Bend

Bends like a willow in the wind.
—Anonymous

Bend on me thy tender eyes,
As stars look on the sea.
—Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Bend one way, like a field of corn in a hurricane.
—William Cartright

Bending her form towards him, like a torch when it indicates a gentle draught of air.
—Nathaniel Hawthorne

Bend in the blast as blade of grass.
—Oliver Wendell Holmes

Bends and sinks like a column of sand
In the whirlwind of his great despair.
—Henry W. Longfellow

Bending like a wand of willow.
—Henry W. Longfellow

Bends … like a wave near a rock.
—Ossian

Bending like corn on the upland lea.
—James G. Percival

Bends like an angel softly through
The blue-pavilioned skies.
—Mrs. A. B. Welby