doppelganger

Example Sentences

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As an adult I acquired a different doppelgänger, not a famous actor but a fellow opinion journalist whom I happened to befriend after moving to New York in the mid-1990s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

Bobbitt is one of several curly-haired, high-cheekboned Chalamet wannabees hoping to be crowned Chalamet’s doppelgänger and take home a $50 cash prize.

From Salon • Oct. 29, 2024

“There’s a gentleman in your audience who looks strikingly similar to Beavis, from the cartoon ‘Beavis and Butt-Head,’” Thompson says of Gosling’s Beavis doppelgänger.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2024

The movie was Richard Ayoade’s 2015 science-fiction dark comedy “The Double,” starring Jesse Eisenberg in dual roles of an office pushover and his conniving doppelgänger.

From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2024

Willem is the Dutch version of William, just like his American movie star doppelgänger.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse