How To Use Emulate In A Sentence
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Published December 29, 2022. Updated March 5, 2023.
This helpful guide will show you how to use emulate in a sentence. It will show you the definition of emulate, as well as synonyms, antonyms, and the types of connotations that the word can carry.
Usage for emulate
Definition: to attempt to rival or surpass, usually through imitation
Part(s) of speech: verb
Antonyms: neglect; reject; spurn
Synonyms: imitate; mimic; copy
Here are but a few sample sentences of the word in action!
- When I become a teacher, I plan on emulating my second-grade teacher Mr. Hanson. If I could be just like him, I’d be a happy man.
- In the social media age, it’s so much easier for young people to emulate their favorite celebrities.
- My sister knows every state capital. I’m going to emulate her success but learn every country’s capital instead.
- Don’t try to merely emulate your favorite writers. Come at your stories from an original point of view.
- When I started my comedy career, I was trying to emulate Robin Williams, but honestly, I don’t think I’ll ever reach the heights he did.
- I’ve always tried to emulate my older brother, but no matter how close I get, he’s always one step ahead of me.
- Elizabeth Holmes got herself in quite a bit of legal trouble trying to emulate Steve Jobs’s career success.
- Since this is your first day working here, just try to emulate what Stephen does and you’ll learn as you go.
- I want to emulate my parents’ marriage in every way possible. They have been happy for fifty years now.
- I emulated my uncle my entire childhood and tried to live my life just like he did.
- The “mockumentary” style that was popularized by The Office has been emulated by at least a dozen TV shows.
- Be careful who you choose to emulate your life after, because they might end up disappointing you.
- For this acting exercise, don’t try to emulate your favorite actors. Try to be completely in your own body and not think about anyone else.
- Art school is a good time to emulate great painters who you admire before you have honed your own individual perspective.
- I’m not trying to emulate David Foster Wallace, but I’ve just read so much of his writing that I can’t help it sometimes.