How to Use imitate in a Sentence

imitate

verb
Definition of imitatenext
Synonyms for imitatenext
  • She can imitate the calls of many different birds.
  • He's very good at imitating his father's voice.
  • Her style has been imitated by many other writers.
  • It’s not the substance that Democrats should imitate but the style.
    — Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 17 Sep. 2022
  • The fringe of the wrap is supposed to imitate the tall desert grasses that the dancers move through during the Bear Dance.
    — Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 May 2022
  • Caribbeans gotta have that swing, and that’s hard for outsiders to imitate.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2021
  • A few dozen people showed up to hear who could best imitate the warble of the goose, called nigliq.
    — Joshua Partlow, Anchorage Daily News, 27 June 2022
  • As the boys spun the parasols to imitate wheels, Nancy and the Artful Dodger walked to center.
    — Sarah Bahr, New York Times, 1 May 2023
  • The kind that you’re born with and other people try to imitate.
    — Randall Roberts, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2021
  • At the end of his tune, Mayer lets out a loud noise, meant to imitate a donkey call.
    — Joelle Goldstein, Peoplemag, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Each tour is framed as a way to meet the artisans, rather than to learn how to imitate their craft.
    — Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2022
  • Lots of animals can imitate the sound of purring, among them bears and guinea pigs.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Yet the way the songs are learned, by trying to imitate a recording or a teacher, is pretty much the same.
    — Karen Hopkin, Scientific American, 3 Mar. 2022
  • Davy was on the app, too, spurring on those brave enough to imitate her ambitious style.
    — Leah Dolan, CNN, 17 Nov. 2021
  • But the same thing happens — life imitates art and vice versa.
    — Cat Cardenas, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2023
  • And then the Alzheimer’s story — talk about art imitating life.
    — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 29 Mar. 2023
  • As the coaches sat on a bench, with iPads in hand, Ohtani grabbed his bat and imitated his batting stance.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Half of all writers, per the old joke, try to imitate Hemingway, while the other half try not to.
    — Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Many hangers-on were so hip that the famous artists imitated them, not the other way around.
    — Ian Penman, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Made from tiny bird bones, the instruments were likely designed to imitate the calls of birds of prey.
    — Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 June 2023
  • Munn shares that the motion is a fidget of Mulaney's that Malcolm has learned to imitate.
    — Emma Aerin Becker, Peoplemag, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Satin doesn't have to be made of silk fibers and is often made of synthetic fibers like polyester instead, which imitate the feel of silk.
    — Amanda Constantine, Good Housekeeping, 4 Oct. 2022
  • For the ultimate in R&R-style slumber, crack a window to imitate a gusty sea breeze.
    — Laura Lajiness, Vogue, 18 June 2021
  • Without the ability for users to freely imitate the dances, those moves wouldn’t go viral.
    — Jill Vasbinder, Quartz, 26 July 2021
  • Tony the Tiger is showing off his custom, tiger fur Nikes, his face painted to imitate the team mascot.
    — Sarah Michels, cincinnati.com, 13 Aug. 2021
  • Some bird people get into birds’ songs and work hard to describe and imitate them.
    — Brian Duff, The New Yorker, 30 May 2022
  • At the core of every pro ballplayer is a kid who developed a love for the game imitating his idols in the backyard.
    — Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 21 June 2024
  • Chest compressions are meant to imitate the heart's function of pushing blood to organs of the body.
    — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 26 July 2023
  • Some of that’s by design, but some of that is life imitating art — or satire imitating its target.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Players will be able to zip line through fake explosions while wearing bulletproof vests that shock you to imitate the feeling of being shot.
    — Alexis Clinton, Axios, 21 Oct. 2024

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