Sentence examples for in imitation from inspiring English sources

The master did not indulge in imitation.

She raised her chin and arched an eyebrow in imitation.

In the 1790s, women dressed in imitation of antique statuary.

He uttered some nonsensewords in imitation of television executives.

Even the frontispieces are drawn in imitation of [probably] etchings.

He shook his shoulders, in imitation of writhing maggots.

Budding novelists coded their feelings in imitation Brontë novels.

The scene was in imitation of long-held ritual.

" He widened his eyes in imitation of Graham's mystification.

His first poem, "The Virtuoso," in imitation of the Elizabethan poet Edmund Spenser, appeared in 1737.

In imitation of Mr. Glass's lyrics, the linguistic patter is as intricate as it is meaningless.