Sentence examples for mentioned him as from inspiring English sources

Some people have also mentioned him as a possible United States attorney general if Senator John Kerry is elected president.

After the inauguration, with an extended battle over the Ashcroft nomination already a prospect, Mr. Freeh's aides mentioned him as a possible acting attorney general.

There would be plenty of opportunities to cover him again (since 1983 alone, my byline has appeared on 466 articles that mentioned him as a mayor or former mayor, not counting this one).

Whether Mr. Chambers is correct or not in his assessment of how term limits came to be, supporters of the law frequently mentioned him as a reason to vote for the state constitutional amendment.

Before Kentucky senator Rand Paul announced his campaign last month, a tweet from his official account mentioned him as "the only candidate" in favor of shutting down the NSA's phone collection program – a follow-up tweet clarified he was referring to his re-election campaign for the Senate, but no one bought it.

Mr. Ahn, who is popular on the social-networking site Twitter, became the country's hottest political asset virtually overnight when a political pundit mentioned him as a possible mayor for Seoul and subsequent surveys showed him as a likely winner of not only the Seoul job, but the presidency.

Max Frisch was the vibrant center of a festive realm Mrs. Lypnick could only approximate in his absence by mentioning him as often as possible.

Pundits heaped more expectations on him, mentioning him as a Heisman candidate.

Geoffrey sulks because no one mentions him as a possible monarch.

One 2009 cable mentions him as a possible successor to Mr. Mubarak, to whom he has long been extremely close.

During the course of the year, few politicians worth their salt have failed to mention him as an inspiration.