Sentence examples for wannabe that from inspiring English sources

Congressman Griffith is a Randy "Duke" Cunningham wannabe that would have succeeded had it not been for the diligent work of the ASBL's staff.

Redesigned for 2012, the Azera is more expensive, but no longer the indifferently styled Lexus wannabe that its predecessor was when it began sales in 2006.

Tonight, backed by his two-piece band the Distractions, he is so much the stadium wannabe that his lyrics are often lost in rock noise.

As for the casting of the Hollywood wannabe that Clarkson was, King's team chose Monica Lee, a young actress fresh off the bus from Michigan, looking to make her mark in Hollywood.

And Justice Anthony Kennedy feared that "the inevitable consequence" of striking down the FCC's rules would be that "every celebrity or wannabe celebrity that is interviewed can feel free" to curse at will.

"We really don't see the kind of 20-something angst films or the Quentin Tarantino wannabes that we used to see.

James Purefoy is the psychopathic genius, bent on continuing what he likes to describe as  his "art works" with the help of a troop of serial-killer  wannabes that he's groomed over the internet.

Tcho is but one of dozens of new small-batch chocolate wannabes that clamor for the attention of high-end chefs who already rely on a half-dozen well-entrenched competitors, most notably Valrhona.

Kepnes succeeds in convincing us to root for her insanely narcissistic yet strangely charming protagonist, and she is magnificent at satirising the collection of vacuous Hollywood wannabes that he encounters.

What looked like a somewhat reasonable deal ("I use you and you use me") is now starting to look like a fool's paradise: our boundless love and giddy admiration of Gmail, Google Docs and Search or the Android OS, for example, has in fact been quietly converted into fodder for "collect it all" Captain Kirk wannabes that crave information superiority under the disguise of national security.

It's a far cry from the sludge of South Park wannabes that normally flood these sites.