has-been
Example Sentences
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Nobody ages faster than a child star, and at 27, Danny already seems like a has-been.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
Colombian writer-director Simón Mesa Soto’s acutely observed Cannes-recognized “A Poet” lays bare that torment with the tale of a has-been writer for whom exquisite suffering has curdled into garden-variety middle-age failure.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026
Fearing he’s a has-been, the diminutive, balding Hart slowly succumbs to self-loathing.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2025
Among other things, he has called you a fraudster and a failed political has-been, but you’re not responding in kind.
From Slate • Oct. 15, 2025
“Ibtihaj, you don’t have to be a has-been already,” Mom consoled me.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
