Officers found a 13-year-old boy holding two air soft pistols, which they described as imitation firearms. From Wordnik.com. [Bakersfield.com Latest news] Reference
They say imitation is the highest form of flattery. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-03-01] Reference
She dug her thumbs into his neck in imitation of the. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 13] Reference
And they say imitation is the best form of flattery. From Wordnik.com. [What Do You Think? Review Contest] Reference
Romans: imitazione in Italian, imitation in French and. From Wordnik.com. [MIMESIS] Reference
As they say, imitation is the greatest form of flattery. From Wordnik.com. [Books in 2009, #24] Reference
Let this be a lesson to you: imitation is not flattering. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-05-01] Reference
It seems this giving of elegant presents is in imitation of. From Wordnik.com. [Insulinde: Experiences of a Naturalist's Wife in the Eastern Archipelago] Reference
I guess imitation is the highest form of flattery, but still. From Wordnik.com. [EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - The BF Heroes video trailer is up] Reference
Side note, they say imitation is the highest form of flattery. From Wordnik.com. [I Hate Waiting] Reference
I thought it would be good fun to get one up in imitation of it. From Wordnik.com. [Rainbow Valley] Reference
Ah well, as they say: imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-06-01] Reference
As Fred Allen noted, "imitation is the sincerest form of television.". From Wordnik.com. [How to Make Money Without Leaving Home] Reference
Rosenmuller translates, "Leap over the threshold"; namely, in imitation of the. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
Many times, especially in a small industry, imitation is a mistake or truly an homage. From Wordnik.com. [Lovin' Pineapple & Whip-Up] Reference
It was bound in imitation leather, its cover stamped "A Record Book for Small Farmers.". From Wordnik.com. [A Record Book for Small Farmers] Reference
It is in imitation of carpets, and is very rich in appearance and very cool in reality. From Wordnik.com. [Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in That Country] Reference
I can still hear him shouting lustily at the horses in imitation of his father and Rahim. From Wordnik.com. [With the Tibetans in Tent and Temple: Narrative of Four Years' Residence on the Tibetan Borders, and of a Journey into the Far Interior] Reference
American society, in imitation of American government, makes so much use of one-man rule. From Wordnik.com. [Balkinization] Reference
Earlier still, a British boy plucking woad may have chipped an arrow-head in imitation of it. From Wordnik.com. [The Spring of Joy: A Little Book of Healing] Reference
In other news this week, I learned first hand that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. From Wordnik.com. [Joel Epstein: Finding the Money to Build Out LA's 30/10 Transportation Initiative] Reference
Then, in imitation of Margaret Fuller's Conversationals, we started one which lasted several years. From Wordnik.com. [Eighty Years and More: Reminiscences 1815-1897] Reference
Among all the strugglers in Italian imitation only a few landscapists held out for the Flemish view. From Wordnik.com. [A Text-Book of the History of Painting] Reference
Jennie -- That doesn't so bad, I was picturing lots of chemicals and fillers in imitation sour cream. From Wordnik.com. [Ninfa's green sauce | Homesick Texan] Reference
If imitation is the greatest form of flattery then CASE studies are the best thing since sliced bread. From Wordnik.com. [Women Grow Business » Tick Tock: 7 Ways to Max Out Your Conference Attendance] Reference
He wears a suit and never goes without an apron; perhaps in imitation of more fashionable hairdressers. From Wordnik.com. [Naguib Mahfouz - Prose] Reference
Pupils say the boy painted his face black, in imitation of musicians from American heavy metal band, Slipknot. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa: Alleged boy killer dabbled with Satanism] Reference
He had chosen this work, he said, because the declamatory style was framed in imitation of the eastern authors. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 13] Reference
They prepare themselves for their carnival by a previous fast, which should continue three days, in imitation of. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
Probably this fashion was kept up among the Jews, in imitation of the patriarchs, who buried their dead in the cave of. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)] Reference
If, on the other hand, that imitation is a failure, most of their citizens will conclude that communism is a bad thing. From Wordnik.com. [India and the Sixties] Reference
His bowlegged waddle heightened the ridiculous effect of tight trousers tucked into boots in imitation of a commando uniform. From Wordnik.com. [Night Bus] Reference
Roman soldiers wore, in imitation of the scarlet robes which kings and emperors wore; thus upbraiding him with his being called a King. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)] Reference
Light streams down on parquet floors the color of wheat, and the walls are painted a rich red in imitation of the original cloth covering. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean] Reference
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