Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Gnaw
Gnaw me, like a burning worm.
—John Bunyan
Gnawed as with a file.
—Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Gnaw like fire.
—Algernon Charles Swinburne
Pain gnaws at my heart like a rat that gnaws at a bean
In the dusty dark of a ghost-frequented house.
—Arthur Symons