Example Sentences

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Each Chalamet wannabee will come to the front and introduce themselves.

From Salon • Oct. 29, 2024

Contrasting the Brit version and the Yank wannabee is a total blast!

From Slate • Dec. 7, 2015

No wonder just about everyone in tech, sooner or later, either burns out or become a Steve Jobs wannabee.

From New York Times • Mar. 6, 2015

As is so often the way with twitter foodie cliques, this was widely picked up on by the gang of cheffy wannabee sycophants, and then all the big guns joined in.

From The Guardian • Nov. 8, 2012

Thus, this use of the term usually tags a wannabee or outsider.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.