doppelganger

Example Sentences

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As an adult I acquired a different doppelgänger, not a famous actor but a fellow opinion journalist whom I happened to befriend after moving to New York in the mid-1990s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

“I have joked — and it’s not a bad comp — that we’re reaching for Merchant/Ivory doing Hammer Horror,” says Eggers, who staged a version of the Germanic “Dracula” doppelgänger in high school.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2024

Bobbitt is one of several curly-haired, high-cheekboned Chalamet wannabees hoping to be crowned Chalamet’s doppelgänger and take home a $50 cash prize.

From Salon • Oct. 29, 2024

Levy lived there for a year during a fellowship at Columbia University’s Institute of Ideas and Imagination, researching the idea of the doppelgänger.

From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2023

Ishtar, or her historical doppelgänger, smiled amusedly at me, as if remembering a joke only she understood.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda