Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Dash
Dashed like a Mameluke cavalry upon a charge.
—Anonymous
Dashed on like a spurr’d blood-horse in a race.
—Lord Byron
Dashes, like a fire-flood.
—Thomas Carlyle
Dash along, like molten diamonds glancing.
—Eliza Cook
He dashed down among them as a sparrow-hawk dashes down.
—Pentaur
The waves … dashed like a torrent of pearls.
—Francis S. Saltus
Dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
—Old Testament