Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Drag
Drag along like a stage procession.
—Anonymous
Dragged out like a languishing concertina.
—William Archer
Drag like lead.
—Charles Dickens
Dragged … like a lamb to a slaughter-house.
—Thomas Holcroft
Dragged like a dove into the vulture’s bed.
—Lycophron
Like a wounded snake drags its slow length along.
—Alexander Pope