wannabe
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
And, in real time, we’re watching wannabe masters of the AI universe try to win an upper hand in controlling the new technology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Soon after, wannabe authoritarians attack the comedians, essayists, playwrights and poets.
From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2026
Three undercover investigators posing as wannabe lorry drivers turned up for medical tests, booked online and scheduled for the same time at three different locations across the UK in 2019.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
The two-cap striker - who last played for Scotland in 2022 - has the play-off final to look forward to where he will come up against a fellow World Cup wannabe in Oli McBurnie.
From BBC ● May 18, 2026
“I mean. I’m just a wannabe cartoonist. What do I know.”
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
At gone 22:00 BST on Monday night, there was still a minibus full of ministerial wannabes inside Downing Street waiting for their new positions to be confirmed.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
He now leads New York, “and there are wannabes all over the country,” she says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Others, like the Elvis impersonators roaming the streets, were wannabes, eager to tap into the mass tort gold mine.
From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2026
In your story, you again tap that rich vein of Jewish gangsters and wannabes I got to know in the “Gangsterland” novels and the short story collection “The Low Desert.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2024
Others said Mo's come-up was throwing those crazy parties that hood celebs and wannabes paid bank to get into.
From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds
