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

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

By then, life was imitating the movies imitating life.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2022

Someone on another floor was imitating a rooster.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson