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Definition of the day : « would-be »

  • adj aspiring
Example sentences :
  • Angelo, the would-be Puritan ruler, was a "false seemer," Malvolio was a "chough."
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
  • Then she called me to her by name in a would-be pompous manner.
  • Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald
  • She was like that chap from Detroit, that would-be perfect all-round man.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
  • Again I saw that he was concerned solely with his humiliation as a would-be host.
  • Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • "Fighting again," the father said, in a would-be fierce voice.
  • Extract from : « The Adventurer » by Cyril M. Kornbluth
  • These are the accents, soft and low, in which we address the would-be criminal.
  • Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
  • What did he care about the bye-gone aspirations of other would-be suitors?
  • Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
  • The students, who did not recognize their would-be fare, enjoyed the race.
  • Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
  • As I went out I noticed that the would-be governess had disappeared.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • But I intend to show these would-be wits what the blood of a De Croustillac is!
  • Extract from : « A Romance of the West Indies » by Eugne Sue