Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Stretch
Stretch away, like the perspective of a dream.
—Paul Bourget
Stretch … like a bow-string by the forceful arm of some bold archer strained.
—Lucian
Stretched as far as doth the mind of man.
—Christopher Marlowe
Stretching out his hand like the wings of a bird.
—François Rabelais
Laura stretched her gleaming neck
Like a rush-imbedded swan,
Like a lily from the beck,
Like a moonlit poplar branch,
Like a vessel at the launch
When its last restraint is gone.
—Christina Georgina Rossetti
Stretched along, like a wounded knight.
—William Shakespeare
Stretch like imploring arms.
—Bayard Taylor
Stretched out the heavens as a curtain.
—Old Testament