Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Curve
Curved like the Spring-months’ russet moon.
—Robert Browning
Curved like a vault.
—Gabriel D’Annunzio
His heroic stature became curved like a maple tree in autumn, bereft of its leaves.
—Jan Kalincák
Curved like a stallion’s crop.
—Rudyard Kipling
Curved over like the edge of a waterfall.
—Rudyard Kipling
Curved like the crescent moon.
—Robert Southey
Down-curving like the falling wave.
—Robert Southey