alter ego

Example Sentences

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He had other alter egos: the politician Sir Les Patterson, crass and salivating through rotting teeth, and the suburban milquetoast Sandy Stone.

From Washington Post

It’s the “other one” — Tai’s alter ego — who emerges in the darkness and kisses Van.

From New York Times

That renegade emerges in the book as her alter ego, Dolores.

From New York Times

Golden State developed a split personality as it proceeded in fits and starts, displaying the pride and potency that marked its dynasty years and a baffling new alter ego that seemed scattered and, frankly, mediocre.

From Washington Post

The prize shirt shows Snoopy, in the guise of his alter ego, Joe Cool, leaning nonchalantly against the distinctive Red Cross emblem above a caption that reads: “Be cool. Give blood.”

From New York Times