role model

Example Sentences

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Simply by earning his way on to the Lakers roster five years ago, Reaves has been a great role model for everyone who has ever been ignored or shunned or marginalized.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2026

She didn’t hesitate and said words I will never forget: “I’m not worried. If our children stutter, they will have the best role model in the world.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026

Both players credit their brother with helping shape their careers and talk of him as a role model.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

The last central bank chief to do so was Alan Greenspan in 1987, under president Ronald Reagan, who Warsh referenced in his speech as a role model.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

I want to become the role model that kids in my neighborhood lack and to someday have kids in my neighborhood look up to me the way that I look up to John Tu.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers