Sentence examples for like a lit from inspiring English sources

If you handle this badly, your reputation could precede you like a lit fuse.

Four years ago, her adolescence had descended on the household like a lit match in a powder keg.

Their revolutionary idealism may have fallen like a lit match into the islands' population of paupers, heretics, and transported felons.

"One of them sees this thing on the ground with what looks like a lit fuse, says 'Bomb!' or something, and they run for it," the official said.

Richard L. Aboulafia, an aviation consultant at the Teal Group in Fairfax, Va., said the possibilities ranged from "something pretty benign," like a lit cigarette or a coffee machine left on, to a serious flaw in the plane's new electrical system, which includes other innovative components besides the batteries.

The cries pop and echo across the room like a lit pack of firecrackers.

Those who don't already know Esther feel like unwanted party guests; those who do may find the confrontation parlor game interesting but more like a lit-class exercise than playwriting.

Even now—especially now Murray's book can feel like a lit-crit version of Spaceship Earth, the ride that chugs its way through the giant golf ball at the center of Epcot, depicting the history of communication as one unbroken, magnificent story that begins with cave paintings and extends through Steve Jobs.

Even now — especially now — Murray's book can feel like a lit-crit version of Spaceship Earth, the ride that chugs its way through the giant golf ball at the center of Epcot, depicting the history of communication as one unbroken, magnificent story that begins with cave paintings and extends through Steve Jobs.

Haring's work, like a lit-up game of tribal Tetris, focuses on the power inherent in simple lines, colors and shapes.

The front porch ahead of me looked like a lit-up stage; absolutely guaranteed to give my dad a good belly-laugh in the cheap-seats.