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
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
But, of late years, DE MOLIERE, the younger CORNEILLE, QUINAULT, and some others, have been imitating, afar off, the quick turns and graces of the English Stage.
From An English Garner Critical Essays & Literary Fragments by Professor Thomas Seccombe Arber
What Wellington did, the Italians under Cadorna have been imitating in their own peninsula, and their service to their allies has thus been very considerable.
From The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers by Allen L. (Allen Leon) Churchill
