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Example sentences for: imitation

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The way they did it was simple: imitation.
The director, Antoine Fuqua, a veteran of Coolio music videos, does a passable slow-motion Woo imitation (Woo is one of the executive producers), but the plot and dialogue are Brand X, and Chow--by turns courtly, worried, and earnest--has nothing of the rock 'n' roll bad boy that put him on the map.
The street acquired its name in the 19th century, when it was laid out for the vehicles of the city’s Western residents; a more recent redesign evokes that era with red brick sidewalks and imitation gas lamps — but the boutiques along the street are up-to-the-minute.
There are competing theories about what the son's pale imitation of a résumé signifies.
For some strange reason, as Slate viewers will soon see, I've turned out a solid Alan Keyes imitation.