Thesaurus / has-been
FEEDBACKHow to use has-been in a sentence
A formidable rival to this magnificent fall of water has-been discovered by that indefatigable traveller, Dr. Livingston.
LANDS OF THE SLAVE AND THE FREEHENRY A. MURRAY"Be careful, and don't make me a has-been," David cautioned.
TO HIM THAT HATHLEROY SCOTTReturned home, and friendly received in his high rank of a “has-been” and “recovered” prodigal?
WALTER PIETERSEMULTATULII wanted t' make you a real lady—t' take you away from Mulligan's—but now—I'm only—a 'has-been.'
THE DEFINITE OBJECTJEFFERY FARNOLThe boss hired him to stand on the stairs for a kind of scenery to show there was something doing in the has-been line upstairs.
ROADS OF DESTINYO. HENRYI'm fully aware, now that the war is ended, that as a has-been General who rose from the ranks, I have no marketable value.
THE KINGDOM ROUND THE CORNERCONINGSBY DAWSONDidn't look much like the has-been that done the dive under the couch at the Studio.
SHORTY MCCABESEWELL FORDHe says yer refereed him out like a has-been, and never give him no chance to kick at de decision.
THE FOUR MILLIONO. HENRY"We haven't a has-been in the bunch," asserted Silence quietly.
FRANK MERRIWELL'S SONBURT L. STANDISHNot when he is forty years old and knows that already he is a 'has-been.'
THE FICTION FACTORYJOHN MILTON EDWARDSWORDS RELATED TO HAS-BEEN
- anachronistic
- antediluvian
- antiquated
- antique
- archaic
- behind the times
- bent
- bygone
- dated
- dead
- dinosaur
- disused
- démodé
- extinct
- fossilized
- has-been
- horse and buggy
- moldy
- moth-eaten
- musty
- obsolescent
- obsolete
- old-hat
- old-time
- olden
- out
- out of style
- out-of-date
- outworn
- passé
- superannuated
- superseded
- tired
- unfashionable
- unstylish
- unusable
- vintage
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