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Example sentences for: wannabe

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Dowd notes that wannabe presidents are now getting "questioned for serving, not dodging" and thinks that some candidates might be worried about how they'll compare to "inspiring war hero" McCain.
The entire heart of that character was his utter fearlessness at the prospect of dying; Rocky "goes yellow" only so that his reputation will be sullied among the youthful wannabe gangsters who idolize him.
As a former track wannabe and somebody with several postgraduate degrees, I took exception to this egregious statement in the May 21 Today's Papers:
As with Moody's last two novels ( Garden State , Ice Storm ), reviewers can't decide whether the young novelist is a hip Updike or a Pynchon wannabe.
The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times lead with dire economic assessments from President Boris Yeltsin and Prime Minister Sergei Kiriyenko, while the Washington Post takes on Russia wannabe Belarus.