Example Sentences

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Impostors feed on the hopes of people who may have little realistic chance of obtaining the relief they want.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2023

This week, Epic Games added a new mode called Impostors where players complete tasks on a ship while two impostors sneakily try to teleport as many agents off the ship as they can.

From The Verge • Aug. 20, 2021

“The marketplace changes with the times. Impostors encouraging you to go out and buy gift cards were really popular calls until we stopped leaving our homes,” Foss says.

From Washington Post • Nov. 2, 2020

The Longform.org Guide to Impostors Fake Rockefellers and fake rock stars: five amazing stories of deception.

From Slate • Oct. 15, 2011

Thou hast played off this trick and it hath prospered to thy hand, O Shaykh of Impostors!

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir