Words similar to manqué

Example sentences for: manqué

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

For a while, they lived in a ménage á trois with the valet de chambre, but the valet was arrested as an agent provocateur, following a coup d'état manqué, which turned out to be a débacle.
Lewis is an award-winning historian (not a preacher manqué), and though only one volume has been published, his is already the standard biography of Du Bois.
ARTHUR: Funny you should say that because there are those who consider him a traveling salesman manqué.