Sentence examples similar to imitating too closely from inspiring English sources

It seems perverse to imitate too closely past styles created by past techniques, as you will tend to create inferior versions of the original.

The research found that people were initially more receptive to robots which were made slightly human looking, but if they began to imitate humans too closely, people were repelled.

Be Sure not to imitate anyone too closely.

Nass cites the "uncanny valley" hypothesis, which holds that technologies too closely imitating human form and behavior can elicit more negative emotional responses than less realistic ones.

I rather wish I hadn't recently watched Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, much as I enjoyed the movie -- because a virus catching a plane and going global has life imitating art a bit too closely for comfort.

Because his art too closely imitated life — and death — the Polish novelist Krystian Bala was sentenced yesterday to 25 years in prison for the grisly killing of a businessman fished from the Oder River in 2000, The Associated Press reported.

There are moments when the Secret Machines imitate their influences a little too closely, and at times the brothers' voices aren't as imposing as the arrangements.

Sometimes too closely.

Or examine too closely.

(Don't examine the ingredients too closely).

Well, she shouldn't count too closely.