1658 R. Brathwait 105 I have no time to think of Conscience For timely thrift, and Ant-like providence.
1781 C. Lofft i. 26 O mass, Great and stupendous, if the groveling soul Cling ant-like to the hillock!
1879 ‘G. Eliot’ xvii. 302 Every petty ant-like performance.
1941 Mar. 26/2 The devastated area in either direction was aswarm with salvage and repairing machines, scurrying antlike over shattered buildings.
2004 E. Reid iii. 95 The Vietcong are very antlike and crafty, fond of pits and tunnels.