Example Sentences

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The real Garlinghouse reported this to Instagram, which took a look ... and then 72 hours later, informed him that after investigating the company had determined that he was not actually being personated.

From The Verge • Apr. 22, 2020

Dr. Trefusis personated a violinist, sawing upon the air.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

One thing, and which with a more modern audience would have gone far to take from the delight experienced, was the circumstance of Juliet's being personated by a youth of some sixteen years of age.

From William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale by Curling, Henry

It appeared that it was not the first time Despard had personated young De Hauteroche, to his own advantage, and the latter’s disgrace.

From The Guerilla Chief And other Tales by Reid, Mayne

He is crowning an Emperor, who kneels before him, two Cardinals attending, one of whom is ludicrously personated by Death.

From The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein by Douce, Francis