Imitating

Examples

• Can a man help imitating that with which he holds reverential converse? Plato. The Republic.
• Ellsworth possessed in a remarkable degree the skill of imitating these peculiarities, and thus he deceived the Union operators easily. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The reasoning is perilously like that of the gifted lady amateur who expects to achieve greatness by imitating the paint box and palette, oils and canvases of an artist. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Looked at from without, they might be said to be engaged in imitating one another. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Then he said, It's not respectful, sir, of you younkers to be imitating of your relations. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I don't k-n-o-w t-h-a-t, I rejoined, imitating Meyler. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• So, then, said Eliza, imitating the motion,--and I must stamp, and take long steps, and try to look saucy. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• About 1860, Reis built several forms of electrical telephonic apparatus, all imitating in some degree the human ear, with its auditory tube, tympanum, etc. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Ever so often calling names in through a person's keyhole, and imitating a person's back and legs. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• But for this, she might have been a child playing at washing and imitating a poor working-woman with a quick observation of the truth. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• He takes great delight in imitating the lingo of the New York street gamin. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• He was also great in imitating the tin-foil phonograph. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• What fun shone in his eyes as he recalled some of her fine speeches, and repeated them, imitating her voluble delivery! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.

Editor: Ned