had been imitating
- past perfect progressive of imitate.
Example Sentences
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She said Kennedy had been imitating characters from a movie.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 10, 2022
If Jeong had been imitating the rhetoric of her harassers, we would expect most instances of it to come in direct response to trolls.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2018
Watching American Sniper, I kept wondering who Kyle himself had been imitating.
From Slate ● Jan. 9, 2015
Charging that the makers of Vita products had been imitating her distinctively nasal tones in radio commercials, the actress sued the herring marinaters and their advertising agency, Solow/Wexton, Inc., for $4,000,000 in damages.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ellen had been imitating a Miss Miller, who, it was said, was making a determined set at Henry, and Witherspoon was laughing at the aptness of his daughter's mimicry.
From The Colossus A Novel by Read, Opie Percival
