wannabe
Example Sentences
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"Never in your life label me a thug again. Never label me a wannabe gangster," he said.
From BBC
His 2007 album, “Contemplations & Remembrances,” available on multiple streaming platforms, is not the wannabe pop/folk/soul pastiche common to moonlighting actors.
From Los Angeles Times
Iceland’s failed Kaupthing was too attached to the nation’s wannabe financiers.
From Washington Post
A group of Facebook sleuths track down a deranged killer and wannabe internet star in this three-part series from Mark Lewis.
From Los Angeles Times
Fatigue is even more widespread among the party’s voters — a fact that won’t be lost on waffling lawmakers and presidential wannabes.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
