- present participle of imitate.
imitating
Example Sentences
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He told NPR he discovered his talent for doing different voices while working on a farm as a child and imitating animals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Most of the porcelain was made for the European market, underscoring a subtext of cross-fertilization, already stated by Islamic ceramics imitating Chinese blue and white.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
"Triple threat. Go big or go home. Life imitating art."
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
According to the study, this is the first documented case of a spider imitating a parasitic fungus that infects other spiders.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 17, 2026
It took me a moment to realize she was imitating me.
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
