Example Sentences

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Twitter was built to imitate real-life conversations, but in modern younger political circles, real-life conversations are imitating Twitter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026

“The way I see it, we are imitating the sun at the time of the solstice,” said Rabbi Jill Hammer, co-founder of the Kohenet Hebrew Priestess Institute, who is based in New York.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2022

Macao and Hong Kong are imitating the mainland’s “zero COVID” strategy that aims to isolate every infected person.

From Washington Times • Jul. 11, 2022

Macao and Hong Kong are imitating the mainland’s “zero COVID” strategy that aims to isolated every infected person.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 10, 2022

And as if we had not enough of the abomination, we are imitating the German Rat system with the grotesque O.B.E.

From Leaves in the Wind by Gardiner, A. G. (Alfred George)