Wannabes is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Wannabes meaning
plural of wannabe
Using Wannabes
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of wannabe
- In the example corpus, wannabes often appears in combinations such as: wannabes and, wannabes the, many wannabes.
Context around Wannabes
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 8 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Wannabes
- In this selection, "wannabes" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, grey, potter, democrat, alike, exploiting and looking stand out and add context to how "wannabes" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include are silly wannabes but miami and bees and wannabes also comes. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "wannabes" sits close to words such as abattoirs, aberrant and abike, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with wannabes
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Brexit was sold with the growling of Churchill wannabes exploiting English exceptionalism. (12 words)
Besides, they were wannabes, and they didn’t belong at New York’s classiest nightclub. (15 words)
Journalists wannabes are condensed to village comics making up stuff out of the blue sky. (15 words)
Queen Bees and Wannabes also comes from the fact that, in a small way, it arguably did the opposite of what it intended, as the book, along with others like it, fueled a larger pop culture obsession with bitchy mean girls. (41 words)
But I had invited wannabes to get in touch with me individually, telling them that I was a university professor working on apotemnophilia, and over the next few days a dozen or so people responded. (35 words)
It’s a sad day for Philly-area Christian Grey wannabes: The “50 Shades of Maple Glen” house that took the internet by storm six months ago is officially off the market. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
It is clear that for many wannabes, the sexual aspect of the desire is much less ambiguous than many wannabes and clinicians have publicly admitted.
Boston’s history of sports ownership is full of scoundrels, real-life and cartoon villains, Mr. Potter wannabes, and munificent and/or detached billionaires.
Even the Democrat wannabes, like John Kerry (Yale University), Al Gore (Harvard), and Michael Dukakis (Harvard Law School), boasted impressive credentials.
He’s a singularly iconoclastic figure whose appeal can’t be measured through proxies or wannabes.
Seasoned competitors and wannabes alike are training hard for their chance to win a national sporting title in Cromwell between Christmas and New Year.
Besides, they were wannabes, and they didn’t belong at New York’s classiest nightclub.
Brexit was sold with the growling of Churchill wannabes exploiting English exceptionalism.
The great orator had been reduced to spouting bureaucratic gobbledygook, as he unleashed a Dad's Army of Warden Hodges wannabes to enforce his draconian new restrictions on individual freedom.
This was during a time where Marvel’s Justice League wannabes the Squadron Supreme were a bit more evil.
But I had invited wannabes to get in touch with me individually, telling them that I was a university professor working on apotemnophilia, and over the next few days a dozen or so people responded.
I don’t think the majority of heterosexual men are Christian Grey wannabes looking for women to control.
It’s a sad day for Philly-area Christian Grey wannabes: The “50 Shades of Maple Glen” house that took the internet by storm six months ago is officially off the market.
Journalists wannabes are condensed to village comics making up stuff out of the blue sky.
Most of the other turnover props teams use in college football are silly wannabes, but Miami is still looking good with their turnover chain — and making it even stronger.
Queen Bees and Wannabes also comes from the fact that, in a small way, it arguably did the opposite of what it intended, as the book, along with others like it, fueled a larger pop culture obsession with bitchy mean girls.
The 50th-anniversary celebrations have attracted loads of wistful (mostly white) wannabes, as well as faithful '69 veterans back to the original concert site.
A “House of Cards” rip off being played out by (mostly male) wannabes and boguns.
Disney and Pixar shared concept art for with CinemaBlend, and lo and behold, a group shot of the Wannabes was included.
Even fresh-faced young wannabes realize the sex ’n’ drugs and rock ’n’ roll lifestyle gets stale, if not boring after the first week.
Her business plan is to expand her existing fashion swimwear range, targeting 20-something pool party Love Island wannabes.
Common combinations with wannabes
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: