aping
Example Sentences
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At the risk of aping Tampa Bay hockey fans and chanting “USA! USA!”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
The group had started out as one of countless young English acts aping American R&B in the mid-’60s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2025
The plan is to craft something “safe and fun” that will “bring joy” to its users, especially “women and gay people,” at a time when other social media executives are aping norms of reactionary ultramasculinity.
From Slate ● Feb. 11, 2025
And so European footwear pivoted into the wide, box-toed shoes - and obviously, the public responded by aping the regal style with a flourish.
From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2025
The deweys with their magnificent teeth ran out from Number 7 and danced a little jig around the befuddled Shadrack, then cut into a wild aping of his walk, his song and his bell-ringing.
From "Sula" by Toni Morrison
