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

What’s a wannabe strongman to do to prop up his regime?

From Los Angeles Times

Anxious market reactions to otherwise solid earnings reports, the appearance of wannabe retail products—both are signs.

From Barron's

Then again, it would have been set up a lot better than merely as a horror wannabe’s tour of his favorite tropes.

From Los Angeles Times

Our America is not ruled by a petty, vindictive despot wannabe with an outrageous history of criminal and socially abhorrent behavior who imagines he is king.

From Salon