Dramatically, their evaluation as heroic, mockheroic or pale imitation of heroic depends heavily on the status of the character: a peculiarly difficult thing to assess today (see below).
It is a timid and pale imitation of what works elsewhere.
It's a pale imitation of a cross on a piece of paper.
Would not the privatisation of gas be a pale imitation of what happened to the telephone industry?
The general public will believe the genuine article rather than the pale imitation.
Becoming a ghost is also an option for wizards and witches; however, it is said that it is a pale imitation of life.
But right now he's a pale imitation.
It lies in the belief that we should increasingly turn our public institutions into pale imitations of our business companies.
