Sentence examples for by wannabe from inspiring English sources

That personality vacuum is filled instead by wannabe outré but often limp jokes about paedophilia, menstruation, death and so on.

Tell me, please somebody," pleads Eddy Grant on the Equals' Police on My Back, memorably covered by wannabe outlaws the Clash.

As a professional astrologer, I hate nothing more than pop astrology written by wannabe mystics (Hilter was not an Aries!).

And, correspondingly, that people who don't really want kids should never, ever be pressured to have them, by wannabe grandparents or anyone else.

According to Russell and his staff, the IRS identified instances of potential political campaigning by wannabe 501(c)(4) groups listed under the "emerging issues" section of the BOLO, so investigators focused their attention there.

In any case, this producer was from the type of talk show that got popular in 90s the ones hosted by wannabe Jerry Springers where KKK members would fistfight Black Panthers, or GG Allin would be a panelist talking about how getting raped by him would make a teenage girl's life.

While the main writing credits go to Edgar Wright and some fly-by-night wannabe called David Walliams, all the cast had input, – presumably more to do with those budgetary restrictions than some attempt at US-style team writing.

By the end of 1996, "Wannabe" had topped the charts in twenty-two nandons, and by March 1997 this number had climbed to thirty-one.

Although generally well received by viewers, the character was described as a "ludicrous Lady MacBeth wannabe" by Jim Shelley of the Daily Mirror.

Save one throwaway audience participation interlude, hosted by two Aussie wannabe catering magnates, the mirth is near constant.

She also points to a posting by a fellow wannabe hack, The Entrepreneur (Jonathan Frost), who has found a company that offers paid work experience - but with a twist: you have to pay to get the internship.