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:

When I missed a good alternative guess at the origin of cold turkey referring to a drug addict who quits abruptly, I received numerous letters from would-be etymologists correcting me.
They lock Ripley in a futuristic gothic cage and proceed with their hopeful experiments, while the aliens, their elongated black helmet-heads glistening with goo, regard their would-be trainers (among them J.E.
He was thus the person standing in the intersection when the would-be conservative revolution smashed into the moderate reality of American politics.
And during the last 10 years, some lower courts have upheld bans on public display of sexually explicit material that's not technically "obscene" on the grounds that the law may shield children even if this keeps, say, a would-be muralist from communicating to adults.
The narrator is an unhappy ad copy writer whose callow husband has fallen for a would-be Miss America contestant.