Sentence examples for modeled herself from inspiring English sources

Zhang seems to have modeled herself after the English governess who defied society's conception of her proper place.

Nneka has partly modeled herself on American songwriters like Lauryn Hill and Erykah Badu, who mix exhortations with glimpses of personal life and mingle some rapping with their singing.

She was supposed to act like a woman, her mother told her, and leave medicine to men; instead, she modeled herself after Tom Dooley and Albert Schweitzer, physicians who organized hospitals and public health efforts in Southeast Asia and Africa, and performed clinical work in Liberia during her final year of medical school.

As a singer, she told interviewers, she modeled herself on Ella Fitzgerald, and, partly because of the American accent and swing phrasing she picked up imitating Fitzgerald's style, Bob Hope invited her to Hollywood in 1947 to be a regular on his radio show.

Although she rejects outright comparison, Zahra Rahnavard (sporting what is sometimes referred to by conservatives as the "bad hajib" for its floral pattern) is openly admiring of Michele Obama, describes she and Mousavi as equal partners in most things, and has already modeled herself, through her active involvement the the campaign, in the historic role of Iran's first "first lady".

But if the long-suffering Soprano women are modeling themselves on Hillary, she's modeling herself on the Soprano men.

In general, though, she modelled herself increasingly on her spirited grandmother, and she began to take lovers.

Cartland never forgot that; she modelled herself on her mother, who also lived until the age of 98.

To say she was miscast is an understatement, but there was admirable spunk to her refusal to model herself on the role's originator, Zizi Jeanmaire.

(The scripted joke suggested that America's first female President should model herself on Suge Knight, the rap mogul who is currently in jail).

Day had started out modelling herself, but at 1.68 metres (5ft 6in) she was considered too short for catwalk, and mainly ended up doing catalogue work.