imitate
verb (used with object)
to follow or endeavor to follow as a model or example.
have been imitating
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present perfect progressiveof imitate.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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But Migos have made it their trademark and, more important, a seemingly inexhaustible rhythmic resource — for them and for the countless rappers who have been imitating them since “Versace.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2017
British pop singers have been imitating American pronunciations since Cliff Richards, the Beatles, and the Rolling Stones began recording in the 1960s.
From Slate ● Nov. 19, 2012
Mamma said I must have been imitating the Moral Pirates.
From Harper's Young People, October 5, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various
The thought for a moment crossed his mind that she might have been imitating one of them.
From A Laodicean : a Story of To-day by Thomas Hardy
Oh how base must we be, if indeed we have been imitating Cnaeus Pompeius!
From The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 by Marcus Tullius Cicero
