Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Hurry
Hurried, like one distraught.
—Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Hurried like a torrent through a strait.
—John Davidson
Hurried like moon-ray flashes through the drifting snow.
—Miles O’Reilly
Hurry … like the leaf in a roaring whirlwind.
—Alfred Tennyson