role model

Example Sentences

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Skipper Khandaker, from a southern constituency where Islamist lawmakers won the recent polls, knows the cost of serving as a role model.

From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026

Just a normal guy - a role model to show anyone what can be achieved.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

Remembering this makes “Reality Check” a cautionary tale for those seeking a role model in someone who is never going to make room for anyone else in her VIP section.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2026

Europe, according to Judt, made an “unexpected recovery” and became a role model with a “novel place in the international scheme of things.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

But I don’t see any backup coming from my fellow servers, each of whom has slipped into her own personal funk; Gail, my role model, stares sorrowfully at a point six inches from her nose.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich