At the next meal his table manners were a precise imitation of Jill's, including superfluous mannerisms.

Yue ware was first manufactured from the 2nd century CE, when it consisted in some very precise imitations of bronze vessels, many of which were found in tombs of the Nanjing region.

Nita said back, a precise imitation of what either of Kit's folks would have said if they'd heard him.

The hydrogue emissary lost its precise imitation of a human form as it wrestled with the strangling serpentine roots.

Perhaps its best feature is the startlingly precise imitation of a hummingbird by flutter-tonguing piccolo.

The voice was a precise imitation of Villon's.

After he announced that Mr. Banton wouldn't appear, Mr. Hammond did a precise imitation of Mr. Banton's rhyming in their hit "Who Say (Big Man Nuh Cry)."

These were relatively simple impressionistic flies rather than precise, detailed imitations of the real insects.

Today we prefer to emphasize an artist's style and inventiveness rather than precise imitation.

He does precise imitations of white people, for example, whom he has spoken to during the day.