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

So at the same time as worrying about their male classmates "bottling things up", girls are also feeling scared about how some boys and men - aping Manosphere behaviours - might act.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 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

I realized that she was aping my grandmother.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou