This side was a poor imitation of those warriors.
The Sun (2006)
There are people doing it really well, yet others do a poor imitation.
Christianity Today (2000)
As a result, each of us became a distinctive composer and not a poor imitation of him.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It's a really poor imitation.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
As it is, it comes across merely as a poor imitation of its great 19th-century precursors.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)