How to Use dead ringer in a Sentence

dead ringer

noun
  • The girl has red hair and green eyes and is a dead ringer for Effie as a little girl.
    — Yvonne Zipp, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Sep. 2025
  • And his hair and piercing blue eyes are a dead ringer for William's in the late '90s.
    — Staff Author Published, Peoplemag, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Law as a dead ringer for ’90s Damon Albarn, who knew?
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Canoe Bay's prairie-style homes are a dead ringer for a Frank Lloyd Wright design.
    — Kristine Hansen, Travel + Leisure, 10 Aug. 2025
  • To sell the scene, Fey cast her mini-me daughter Alice Richmond, a dead ringer for her mom.
    — Andrea Wurzburger, People.com, 22 June 2025
  • Keep things comfortable from head to toe with these platform sneakers—a dead ringer for the classic Converse style at a steal of a price.
    — Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 14 Nov. 2025
  • Nerano was mixed with seared rounds of zucchini, delicate squash blossoms and a creamy saffron sauce, a dead ringer for uni cream.
    — Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Sep. 2021
  • And doesn’t that Inuit hunter from a 1920s newsreel look like a dead ringer for Fred Armisen?
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2022
  • Sure, the front half is a dead ringer for the bunny, and powertrains are swapped back and forth, but no kidding, folks, this is a Volkswagen truck.
    — Don Sherman, Car and Driver, 25 Feb. 2023
  • The new car shows up looking like a dead ringer for Toyota's Prologue concept from December.
    — Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 26 June 2023
  • The singer is a dead ringer for Squid Game character Kang Sae-byeok in a shag wig and 067 tracksuit.
    — Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 30 Oct. 2021
  • But Idan Weiss, the actor playing Kafka, is such a dead ringer for the great author that the effect is, well, Kafkaesque.
    — Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor, 11 Sep. 2025
  • This leather and raffia purse is a dead ringer for Witherspoon’s and comes in two wear-with-anything neutrals that’ll work with virtually any vacation look.
    — Ali Faccenda, InStyle, 16 June 2026
  • The rows of printers look like a dead ringer for IBM supercomputer rooms of the 1960s.
    — Diana Budds, Curbed, 6 May 2022
  • The rows of printers look like a dead ringer for IBM supercomputer rooms of the 1960s.
    — Diana Budds, Curbed, 24 Jan. 2025
  • In addition, Alden Ehrenreich isn’t a dead ringer for Harrison Ford.
    — Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Despite the 2025 refresh, the new Apple MacBook Pro 14 is a dead ringer for the last one.
    — PC Magazine, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Burger King saw success with its Impossible Whopper, a dead ringer for the real thing, only a little squishier.
    — Laura Reiley, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Nov. 2022
  • The first version looked near-identical to the iPhone 5s, the second-gen was a dead ringer for the iPhone 8 and the third, well, this looked like the iPhone 8 as well.
    — David Phelan, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Hadley Robinson, a dead ringer for a young Kirsten Dunst, plays a fed-up junior who secretly starts a feminist zine that inspires her fellow students.
    — Neal Justin, Chris Hewitt, Star Tribune, 11 Mar. 2021
  • He's described as a dead ringer for Nicholas Cage's ghastly villain in Longlegs, and there Elliott sits at a bus stop, looking as freakish as ever.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 6 June 2026
  • The wardrobe was a big part of the show, with Steen — who is a dead ringer for Bill Clinton — wearing a black tuxedo and Prince donning equally impressive formal wear.
    — Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Take cue from Stewart’s effortless loungewear and browse similar oversized crewneck sweatshirts from Amazon—including a dead ringer for her cheery yellow style.
    — Cheryl Wagemann, InStyle, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Take cue from Stewart’s effortless loungewear and browse similar oversized crewneck sweatshirts from Amazon—including a dead ringer for her cheery yellow style.
    — Cheryl Wagemann, InStyle, 29 Jan. 2026
  • This similar, comfy pair from Amazon is a dead ringer for my Merino pants and these tapered linen drawstring pants are the spitting image of the Parachutes — each for a fraction of the cost.
    — Kristine Thomason, Travel + Leisure, 24 June 2023
  • Rag & Bone Olivia Stripe Pants The Olivia Stripe Pants from Rag & Bone are a dead ringer for Paltrow’s.
    — Kaelin Dodge, InStyle, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Finding Her Edge stars relative unknown Madelyn Keys as Adriana, who is a dead ringer for Jennifer Lawrence.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The fact that Jo Yeong-wook’s score is a dead ringer for Bernard Hermann’s similarly haunting music for that classic only underlines the connection.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2022
  • But don’t expect a visual dead ringer to drive differently than its doppelganger—Osprey has not extinguished the unique character and driving dynamics of the classic Land Rover.
    — Michael Harley, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
  • In the clip, Shore — clad in a fuzzy afro and glittery leotard — is a dead ringer for Simmons, who rose to fame on daytime TV in the 1980s with his eccentric exercise routines.
    — Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 17 Jan. 2024

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