personate

Example Sentences

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An indescribable fear overpowered the countess--but it now seemed to her as if she did not dread the man whom she expected to see, but Him he was to personate.

From On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau by Hillern, Wilhelmine von

Two children are chosen for these dignitaries, while the others call out the names of such flowers, fruits, or vegetables as each may decide to personate.

From Spanish Highways and Byways by Bates, Katharine Lee

O, that she should have so much as ventured to personate either before him!

From Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) by Jean Paul

I forgot myself, and told her that Johnny had hired a man to personate a parson, and that she was not married at all.

From Out of a Labyrinth by Lynch, Lawrence L.

His own affection for Hallam seems to personate the object of his attachment, and “sees himself in all he sees.”

From A Key to Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam' by Gatty, Alfred, Mrs.