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Example sentences for: has-been

How can you use “has-been” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

in an attempt to regain some of their vanished fame," was on his way to becoming a has-been himself.
Tellingly, the "has-been corner" routine is not in the movie.
At 10 PM, ABC proudly presents Barbara Walters' 10 Most Fascinating People of 1998 . Yes, the queen of celebrity interviews is a pompous has-been whose primary aim is to reduce her interviewees to tears, but there's a guilty pleasure in seeing just who will succumb to one of those famous crying jags.
The man who had once come up with a "has-been corner" skit, in which, as Zmuda recalls, forgotten performers "would be sent out to flounder in front of an audience ...
(The Journal 's style sheet calls for referring to the recovering has-been as "Mr.