How to Use impostor in a Sentence

impostor

noun
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  • He claimed he was an experienced pilot, but he turned out to be an impostor.
  • Financial scammers are of course the most straightforward sort of impostor.
    — Sadie Stein, Town & Country, 26 Feb. 2017
  • Like a good novel, a skilled impostor can be the lie that tells the truth.
    — Megan O’Grady, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2020
  • The impostor took the ice, his face concealed, and kept his head down.
    — Jason Buckland, New York Times, 29 May 2017
  • But there's more to the argument than there would be with your run-of-the-mill impostor or con artist.
    — Daniel Riley, GQ, 1 May 2018
  • Of course, the Easter Bunny was there too – and many EB impostors.
    — Diane Mastrull, Philly.com, 1 Apr. 2018
  • Both times the impostor used a rock to enter the church, Mangina said.
    — USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2020
  • But this is far from the company’s first run in with impostors.
    — Lana Ferguson, Dallas News, 27 July 2023
  • But some of the impostors are more active than the real accounts.
    — The Washington Post, OregonLive.com, 5 May 2018
  • One of the crewmembers is an alien impostor attempting to sabotage the rest of the crew.
    — Brett Molina, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2020
  • Fungal acne is one such impostor and a very sneaky one at that.
    — Sara Coughlin, SELF, 27 Oct. 2021
  • Some suggested the messages were the work of an impostor.
    — Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2021
  • Three men claim to be Sherlock Holmes, and Watson must weed out impostors.
    — Houston Chronicle, 3 July 2018
  • There was no way an impostor could fool an arena full of people, Musleh warned him.
    — Jeff Maysh, Smithsonian, 28 June 2018
  • In the beginning, there was a bit of impostor syndrome.
    — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Sep. 2022
  • That comes with a lot of gratitude and a lot of anxiety and a lot of impostor syndrome.
    — Hunter Harris, Town & Country, 25 Aug. 2021
  • The woman who was stopped described the impostor’s car as a blue or black Ford Crown Victoria.
    — Kirk Mitchell, The Denver Post, 27 Mar. 2020
  • Don't let impostor syndrome weigh you down or hold you back from what's truly yours!
    — Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2023
  • The Tesla impostor, at least, senses the end is near (the account has since been suspended).
    — Alex Millson, Fortune, 11 Nov. 2022
  • The impostor can travel through hidden vents, with the goal of trapping and killing players where others can’t see them.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 5 Aug. 2022
  • However, one of the crewmembers is an alien impostor, who sabotages tasks and kills the crew.
    — Brett Molina, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2021
  • Relax into a child’s pose if at any point you get overwhelmed by the heat or your impostor syndrome.
    — Irving Ruan mia Mercado, The New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2019
  • Police urge people who believe they have been pulled over by an impostor to call 911, the release said.
    — Kirk Mitchell, The Denver Post, 27 Mar. 2020
  • Setting a trap Empress Catherine was alarmed when news of this impostor reached her.
    — National Geographic, 6 Aug. 2019
  • The impostor trap Sometimes a coveted step up comes with burnout.
    — Rachel Feintzeig, WSJ, 6 Mar. 2023
  • And maybe the defense surrounding him would have looked more like its fearsome self instead of an impostor in white, red and gold.
    — Candace Buckner, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Turns out, the crotch-stuffing impostor spray-tanned his way into their ranks … and doesn’t seem that bothered by the deception.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Many of the impostor websites offer payment methods such as Zelle and Square.
    — Wsj Noted., WSJ, 26 Feb. 2021
  • If Turner wasn’t so much a unicorn as a perfectly average horse in a convincing disguise, then who needs 22 more impostors?
    — Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
  • The badge was the only symbol distinguishing the Times’ 55-million-follower account from impostors amid two major global conflicts in Israel and Ukraine.
    — Drew Harwell, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2023

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