Sentence examples for imitation made from inspiring English sources

The show's avoidance of slavish imitation made for the best kind of tribute: one that captured the streamlined ease of performances in which Holiday and Young carried on a spontaneous private conversation, the saxophone running rings around her voice, supporting, commenting, joking, sympathizing and ultimately taking the lead in a sexy, lighthearted dance.

Ai Weiwei's version of "Gangnam Style" is as stupid-silly as any other, and more poorly made — it is the ultimate "shanzhai," a cheap imitation made by splicing footage from the original video with footage of himself dancing around in a pink T-shirt and, in one scene, waving handcuffs — but it's also an ingenious response to the attitude toward creativity put forth in the Chinese media.

By now, lo-fi toy camera technology is the go-to aesthetic for communicating whimsical artsy vibes, from the nostalgic light leaks and dreamy double exposures of analog lomography cameras, to the digital imitation made possible by photo filter apps like Instagram and Hipstamatic.

The popularity of Chandidas's songs inspired much imitation, making it difficult to establish firmly the identity of the poet.

His similar facial features and dead-on vocal imitation make him singularly perfect in the role, as does his innate ability to switch between hostile and sympathetic, manic and pathetic.

"People tend to imagine that imitation makes society homogeneous," he says, "but here you can see multiple traditions within the same population.

In the song "Cant Stop " by the Red Hot Chili Peppers the line "choose not a life of imitation" makes me think about what if we choose a life of imitation.

This is where you add your twist, spice etc to the imitation making it your own.

Imitations made by poets who loved him.

Also, imitations made in India, Brazil or elsewhere may be of excellent quality or worthless counterfeits.

Cheap imitations, made in Chinese factories, have flooded the market at about one quarter of the cost.