Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Fluctuate
Fluctuated like a stormy sea, urged by the secret Furies.
—Thomas Ashe
Fluctuated as flowers in rain
That bends them and they tremble and rise again
And heave and straighten and quiver all through with bliss
And turn afresh their mouths up for a kiss,
Amorous, athirst of that sweet influent love.
—Algernon Charles Swinburne
Fluctuates like a sleepy wave.
—Bayard Taylor