wannabe
Example Sentences
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A wannabe cavalry unit, anchored in the center by an agent on a white horse, swept through a soccer field where children were attending day camp just minutes before.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026
“Ghalibaf is Iran’s wannabe strongman,” said Sina Azodi, director of Middle East studies at George Washington University.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
Like so many of us, Good could have stayed tucked safely away in her house, looking the other way while a bunch of hastily hired wannabe warriors terrorized her neighbors.
From Salon • Jan. 9, 2026
"Never in your life label me a thug again. Never label me a wannabe gangster," he said.
From BBC • Nov. 27, 2025
“Well,” said Zeke, who felt like this was an awful lot of pressure on one measly apology to a lying, bullying, wannabe supervillain, “I guess so.”
From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness
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