role model
Example Sentences
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Cyndi Lauper said it was "hard for me to imagine the world without Dolly," noting she was a "role model for all of us" who made her constantly stop to think: "What would Dolly do?"
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Enter his commitment to succeed on the football field and in the classroom, as well as to be a role model for his younger brother.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
“I was extremely happily retired, I will say. And I felt like I was a role model for retirement,” Schulman, now 68 years old, said at a Wall Street Journal event.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
“Just as he was a role model for black politicians, he also became one of the most respected black judges in California, whom lawyers and judges continue to emulate,” the university said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026
I was happy to be a source of inspiration to young Muslim girls in France, or anywhere else, but I hadn’t really thought of myself as a role model for kids except as a fencer.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
