Sentence examples for modeling himself from inspiring English sources

A trench-coated angel is aloof and dresses as if he were modeling himself after Columbo.

He gathers his relatives around to help him, modeling himself after the Mafia families with whom he does business.

If the Bush name was tarnished with conservatives who thought the family more Rockefeller than Reagan, W. can fix that by modeling himself on Reagan.

Beneath it, though, is a more interesting story, of Obama's reading habits, the renewed influence of authors in the Oval Office, and Obama's modeling himself on Abraham Lincoln.

And Franco, on his crusade to save Christian civilization, modeling himself after monarchs like Philip II, intended to echo the monastic austerity of Philip's nearby Escorial.

He bought an old typewriter and a scroll of paper — modeling himself on Jack Kerouac — but never managed to type more than a page and a half.

Trajan modeled himself after Augustus.

His father modelled himself on Bing Crosby.

And modelled himself on Woody Guthrie.

"Andrew has modelled himself on Francis Urquhart".

Bremer was modelling himself on his commander in chief.