imitate
verb (used with object)
to follow or endeavor to follow as a model or example.
was imitating
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past progressiveof imitate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Edwards admitted the photograph "looks bad and could be misinterpreted", and said he was imitating a Welsh footballer using the gesture.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026
Mr. Zuckerberg removed any doubt that he was imitating Twitter by publishing an image of identical cartoon-Spiderman characters pointing at one another.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 6, 2023
It may have looked ridiculous to other drivers, like I was imitating a subway straphanger — aping public transportation in the most private transportation there is — but I didn’t care.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 30, 2022
Life was imitating art since the last scene of Richard Greenberg’s Tony Award-winning play is a private moment in an empty Yankee Stadium.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 11, 2022
“I pity the fool?” he said in a funny tough voice, like he was imitating someone.
From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio
