dead ringer
Example Sentences
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A weirdo dog lets you “show your individuality,” said Terence Nelson, 38, an influencer marketing strategist in New York whose fuzzy Brussels griffon, Sue, is a dead ringer for an Ewok.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
When she was a very young woman, my grandmother was a dead ringer for a famous actor named Myrna Loy.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2025
Nelson’s son Lukas sang “Angel Flying Too Close to The Ground” alone with his acoustic guitar, his voice a dead ringer for his dad’s.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 30, 2023
Although Hopper successfully battled a superagent, who was a dead ringer for Robert Patrick’s T-1000 in “Terminator 2,” he was also vaporized in the course of destroying the machine.
From New York Times • May 27, 2022
He warned me I’d get a shock when I met his wife, she was such a dead ringer for Carole Lombard.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
