Works like "Confirmation Shrine" (1990) deliberately mimic altarpieces and other religious furnishings where sacred objects are gathered together to heal the soul.

My voice filled suddenly with catarrh as I deliberately mimicked old Washington Irving at his most gracious.

But the outrageous manner of his killing, deliberately mimicking his own depraved methods, assures that his cruelty will outlive him.

"I'm tempted to say the incompetence of the past week was appalling," the Governor said, deliberately mimicking words that Dr. Silber often applied to him.

Juan deliberately mimicked and broadened the Bahamian accent and dialect.

Schopenhauer contended that post-Kantian philosophers such as Fichte, Schelling, and Hegel deliberately mimicked Kant's way of writing.

She deliberately mimicked the famous Le Chat, and never recognized "Burns" until they met on the roof.

Throughout the session, Tom had observed Danny deliberately mimicking Tom's actions, possibly an early sign of Danny's attempts at manipulation.

"I always figured the attacking star-jelly we beamed to sixteen years ago was deliberately mimicking a ship, both inside and out, as some sort of protective camouflage."