Words similar to would-be

Example sentences for: would-be

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

I was not successful and I must warn would-be searchers that I very much doubt whether there is a dried skin with pebbles in it hanging on a post within three miles from Llanrust.
Even allowing for the fact that companies trying to resist hostile takeovers will say and do almost anything to make their would-be acquirers look bad, the German reaction to the Vodafone offer has been striking for its vehemence and the nakedness of its nationalism.
The message is all the more urgent because its mere presence hints that would-be contributors often do submit the same essay to more than one journal simultaneously.
Another reminder of how shoddy small-time journalism can be comes with the NYT 's report on the sudden departure of The Oklahoman 's executive editor, apparently for displeasing local behemoth the Kerr-McGee Corporation with a story about the death of Karen Silkwood, a would-be whistleblower against the company.
2) A lot of would-be killers have been killed.