role model

Example Sentences

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Parents say having positive women of color as role models is crucial for building self-confidence in girls of color.

From Los Angeles Times

Juninho uses it often: "You want your face on the wall? Then train, commit. Estevao is a role model for everyone here."

From BBC

When I press about the role of artists during this moment, he brushes aside the question: “When it comes to life, honey, I am nobody’s role model.”

From Los Angeles Times

Your dad isn’t the person I’d choose as a role model, just for what it’s worth.

From Literature

Nina Sparks, who will become Great Britain's first female snowboarder to compete at the Winter Paralympics, told BBC Sport that Hernandez was one of her "biggest role models".

From BBC