mimicked

past tense of mimic

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of mimicked Lennon raised his right arm and mimicked a Hitler mustache with his left index finger. — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 12 Nov. 2026 Some products were sold in packaging that mimicked common candy or snacks — adding to concerns from officials, including Pritzker. — Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 10 Nov. 2026 Both included language that mimicked the style and tone of the president's Truth Social posts. — Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026 Before their game against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden, James basically ignored the national anthem and mimicked a golf swing and a jump shot while his teammates stood solemnly nearby. — Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026 Wood then crouched down and jokingly mimicked strangling himself. — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2026 That's the field dedicated to protecting Earth from the possibility of a calamitous asteroid impact, and DART mimicked how humans could change the orbit of a threatening space rock, taking it off its collision course. — Meghan Bartels, Space.com, 14 Oct. 2026 That peptide mimicked the human hormone GLP-1, which prompts the pancreas to release insulin and makes people feel full. — Dr. Bowman Heiden, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026 Pearson’s experiment mimicked the behavior of a problem gambler to see when — and if — the company’s safeguards would stop him. — ProPublica, 6 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mimicked
Verb
  • Anglepoise invented the now ubiquitous and widely imitated adjustable-spring desk lamp in the nineteen-thirties.
    — Nicholas Blechman, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2026
  • There is a reason this movie is a classic, so often imitated and honored by other directors; Kubrick deftly marries the supernatural with the everyday, just as King does in his novels.
    — Radhika Seth, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The lawsuit says Brave crawled and copied content from more than 30 billion webpages in its index without identifying itself or providing the owners of websites any mechanism to block its crawler, according to the newspapers’ complaint.
    — Molly Crane Newman, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The lawsuit says Brave crawled and copied content from more than 30 billion webpages in its index without identifying itself or providing the website owners with any mechanism to block its crawler, according to The News’s complaint.
    — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 2 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • The couple was so famous that they were often parodied by TV comedians for their lavish lifestyle and Tammy Faye’s abundant makeup.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The couple was so famous that they were often parodied by TV comedians for their lavish lifestyle and Tammy Faye's abundant makeup.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • In some ways, the student movement emulated US civil rights protests in the 1960s.
    — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The executive order is reminiscent of a decision by California to clear the way for name, image and likeness compensation by passing a state law that was quickly emulated by other states.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • That same year, democratic socialist upstarts Hugo Soto-Martínez and Eunisses Hernandez won City Council seats, despite a lack of support from Chicanosauruses who mocked their chances.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2026
  • With the annual Veterans Day observance being marked this week, perhaps veterans had their revenge after being mocked by the president and saw programs targeted for them stripped of funding.
    — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 9 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Johnson’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday, nor did HUD officials.
    — Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Wisconsin Republicans did the same last year, and similar efforts have been raised in other states.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025

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“Mimicked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mimicked. Accessed 15 Nov. 2026.

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