How to Use look-alike in a Sentence

look-alike

noun
  • In a time of look-alike car designs, the XJ-SC is a welcome break from the norm.
    Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 24 Apr. 2023
  • It’s been a big year for Tom Cruise and an even bigger one for his look-alike.
    Erika D. Smith, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2023
  • Some of the criminals are part of cloning rings to print look-alike credit cards.
    T. Nelson Thompson, Baltimore Sun, 23 Mar. 2024
  • And be for real, In what world would the Grammys invite a look-alike from TikTok to walk the red carpet in the first place???
    Kate Lindsay, Vulture, 1 Mar. 2023
  • And now the Times, which purchased the game in 2022, is sending takedown notices to people behind some of the look-alikes.
    Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Fortune, 13 Mar. 2024
  • There will be live music, art exhibits, vendors and a look-alike contest.
    The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2023
  • The only dangerous look-alike is the jack-o-lantern mushroom, which is bright orange, with true gills, while chanterelles have false gills.
    Bill Heavey, Field & Stream, 11 May 2023
  • This look-alike at Amazon is soft and slouchy while still being structured enough to wear out to dinner with a pair of sandal heels or wedges.
    Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Being able to buy a look-alike or imitation gun also can depend on the law.
    Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 3 July 2024
  • In a recent Tweet, a smiling Whitmer is holding her look-alike doll, which even has a necklace with a pendant in the shape of Michigan.
    Aurora Sousanis, Detroit Free Press, 22 July 2023
  • The look-alike pair went makeup-free and natural for the snap, in which they are both seen kicking up their legs, showing off their vibrant green boots.
    Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Forget celebrity look-alikes: Adrien Brody is twinning with a canine.
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 16 July 2024
  • In an Instagram Reel, Teigen shared a peek at the mini-photoshoot with her four kids, who wore look-alike striped outfits.
    Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 20 July 2023
  • Returning this year is the dog show, which includes categories like best owner look-alike and best dressed.
    Chris Richards, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Returning this year is the dog show, which includes categories like best owner look-alike and coolest trick.
    Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Aside from their look-alike moments, Kim's oldest daughter has kicked off her career as a performer.
    Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 28 May 2024
  • That was a look-alike dude known on social media only as Z, or @zbo.nohomes on TikTok and zbo4lean on Instagram.
    Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 5 Mar. 2024
  • In the first photo, her son, Moses, and look-alike daughter, Apple, are seen walking into Lou, a restaurant in Nashville.
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Now, the two anchors are look like Morticia Addams look-alikes, the reporters are some blonde teenage-looking gal and a guy with one letter for his name.
    Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Christina gave a look back at the wedding itself and posted a snap of her look-alike sister, Carly, posing with her mom on the special day.
    Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Kim Kardashian shared some sweet snaps of her look-alike daughter Chicago on Tuesday.
    Liza Esquibias, Peoplemag, 29 Nov. 2023
  • The toys are so popular, look-alikes from other toy brands are omnipresent from big-box stores to pharmacies and truck stops, and have sparked lawsuits from Jazwares.
    Joe Mullich, TIME, 30 May 2024
  • Besides the Flyball demos, there will be the usual fun stuff like a pet-owner look-alike contest, a costume contest and a tail-wagging contest.
    Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2024
  • In Stone's Instagram video, Richardson can't stop laughing while taking photos with her co-star look-alike!
    Zizi Strater, Peoplemag, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Dolly Day officials will prevent those who do not pass the look-alike test from entering the final counting area.
    Jennifer Hassan The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 24 June 2023
  • Mark collaborates with her friend, artist Margalit Cutler, to make resin look-alikes of inanimate objects for the bags.
    Kristen Bateman, ELLE, 2 Mar. 2023
  • And now, decades after the show was a nightly must-watch ritual in living rooms across the country, Mrs. Roper look-alikes are bringing back a bit of nostalgia – and a lot of laughs.
    Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 17 Mar. 2024
  • Big bellies and butts — and skinny teens and roly-poly toddlers and wiry grandpas and even Ken and Barbie look-alikes — are everywhere, all mixed in together.
    Kate Cohen, Washington Post, 22 July 2024
  • For a look-alike alternative to hydrangeas, try viburnum.
    Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 4 Apr. 2024
  • But designer look-alikes can also be found at retail giants such as Amazon, Walmart and Costco (home to the viral floor mirror dupe of an Anthropologie mirror), as well.
    Jessica Dickler,ana Teresa Solá, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2024

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