mimic
verb (used with object)
to imitate or copy in action, speech, etc., often playfully or derisively.
was mimicking
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past progressiveof mimic.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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As for whether he was mimicking someone urinating, Mr Van Quickenborne - widely known as "Quickie" in Belgium - said he was in fact performing an "air guitar solo".
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2023
Robinson was mimicking a Kenyan player he saw while playing for Everton's youth team as a teenager in Africa.
From Fox News ● Jan. 28, 2022
What’s more, the animal was mimicking his facial expressions, shifting its eyes in sync with his own and moving its mouth when he talked.
From Slate ● Feb. 9, 2021
By the time she was 3, she was mimicking his singing, says her mother, with Shemekia standing behind the couch of their Harlem apartment while Johnny Copeland composed and practiced songs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 29, 2017
It was as if the weather was mimicking her mood.
From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper
