1.   A badly-balanced packet of tapioca crashed from shelf to floor and burst open like a ripe seed-pod.

2.   But neither does it appear inferentially open like creative or poetic metaphor viewed pragmatically.

3.   All day, all night, her naked body lay open like a wound.

4.   Faces were chalk white, jaws hung open like bloodhound jowls, eyes were wide with horror.

5.   I helped her a little, and she got the door open like a champ.

6.   I would peek into the locker room each time the door swung open like a penny-pinching tourist in the French Quarter of New Orleans.

7.   In the show, the tightly coiled buns had sprung open like English roses.

8.   It has handles for carrying, and one side swings open like an oven door, providing convenient access to components.

9.   Pieces should lie open like a book.

10.   Some were propped on cinderblocks, their hoods open like mouths waiting to be fed.