How to Use impersonate in a Sentence

impersonate

verb

• He was arrested for impersonating a police officer.
• The men who do this will tell you that any schmo can impersonate.
  — Christopher Spata Tampa Bay Times (tns), Arkansas Online, 17 July 2023
• The caller had a young man get on the phone and impersonate her grandson.
  — cleveland, 1 Dec. 2021
• Sure would be a shame if someone paid $8 for Twitter Blue and used the checkmark to impersonate him for a day.
  — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 7 Dec. 2022
• Hill even said Gracie used to impersonate Garten as a kid.
  — Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 1 May 2023
• White House aides draft a down-to-earth double to impersonate the president, who has had a stroke.
  — Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2021
• Maybe bring out Melissa to impersonate him to his face?
  — Alexis Pereira, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2021
• On the same note, some Skrull might always impersonate Tony Stark after his death in Endgame.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 22 Aug. 2022
• The key casting choice was the woman to impersonate her mother.
  — Arthur Lubow, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2020
• He is also accused of impersonating Ohtani over the phone with the bank to approve wire transfers to the bookmakers, the DOJ said.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2024
• In April, a man received a video call from a scammer who impersonated a friend.
  — Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 26 June 2023
• Each builds off the other to enable a server to impersonate users and read their messages.
  — WIRED, 30 Sep. 2022
• But this was the first time a parent reached out to hire the love guru, going so far as to impersonate Sarah during the initial contact.
  — Hillary Hoffower, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2024
• In 2008, Campbell pleaded guilty to a charge of impersonating a lawyer, records show.
  — Olivia Lloyd, Charlotte Observer, 16 Feb. 2024
• Not the real one, but more than 1,000 people trying to impersonate her.
  — Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post, 23 June 2023
• In June, scammers used an AI to impersonate a daughter’s voice and rob her mother.
  — WIRED, 27 July 2023
• Or the scammers impersonate Amazon and send a text about an order.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 27 July 2022
• Teachers, in the email, were told to impersonate health care workers despite the threat of perjury to obtain access to the vaccine.
  — Russ Bynum, Star Tribune, 30 Jan. 2021
• But the new class of images raise many of the same concerns, including that they could be used to impersonate real women.
  — Drew Harwell, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2023
• One night, Simo impersonates Emad in a live-stream gaming session.
  — Aziz Zoromba, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2023
• This gives her a great chance to impersonate McKinnon, Strong, Villaseñor and more.
  — Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 8 May 2022
• The touring act doesn’t aim to impersonate their grandparents, but to honor them and their music.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 26 Feb. 2024
• Which makes sense, as its odd-cylinder warble is a sound that any human could impersonate.
  — Derek Powell, Car and Driver, 26 Oct. 2021
• LaKeith Stanfield lends his voice here, and the actor does not impersonate so much as embody Cole.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 May 2024
• Be aware that scammers may try to use calls, texts, and emails to impersonate Amazon customer service.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 19 May 2022
• And the people who were thought to be behind the phone calls, but were actually being impersonated, were all easy to search on Google.
  — Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 8 May 2024
• Armisen began impersonating the 44th president of the United States back in season 33, before Jay Pharoah joined the cast and took over.
  — Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 8 Oct. 2024
• Griffin wasn't the only celebrity to impersonate Musk over the weekend.
  — Katie Wedell, USA TODAY, 7 Nov. 2022
• The post shown on Facebook was shared by a satirical X account impersonating Bondi on Nov. 24.
  — Andre Byik, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2024
• The then-Democratic presidential nominee appeared alongside Maya Rudolph, who has long impersonated Harris on the late-night program.
  — Judy Kurtz, The Hill, 20 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024