Example Sentences

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What I remember most clearly about “The Final Chamber” tour’s Seattle stop was the way the performance’s construction mimicked a back-in-the-day movie marathon.

From Salon • May 31, 2026

A striking gray-striped coat featured geometric shadows that mimicked light filtering through Venetian blinds, appearing as if it had practically materialized from a black and white film.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

Banks were forced by new regulations to be more cautious, so funds that mimicked banks sprang up to fill the void.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

These were then turned into nerve cells that mimicked the same metabolic defects seen in Leigh syndrome.

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

The white spots scattered over its brown back mimicked the dappled light so that one second a fawn lay there, and the next second there was nothing but undergrowth.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly