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
  • 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
  • What if the event was a charity look-alike contest for Tennessee’s own Dolly Parton, the beloved country-music icon?
    Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Key Facts The staffers who intend to unionize include those from the park’s character and parades departments—home to dancers, movie character look-alikes, schedulers and more.
    Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024

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