would-be

[ˈwʊdˌbi]

Definition:
1. Seeking advancement or recognition.
2. Unfilled or frustrated in realizing an ambition.

Use 'would-be' in a sentence:

• 1. Just 69 days later he was shot by a would-be assassin, but quickly recovered and returned to duty.
• 2. The company has already taken deposits from around 800 would-be space tourists, including Stephen Hawking.
• 3. I got a phone call from your would-be assassin's employers.
• 4. First, there is the intractable would-be student himself.
• 5. Rather, it meant to expose the very real warning signs of a would-be gunman.
• 6. Because a ring tells would-be suitors a woman is spoken for. A naked hand invites unwanted attention.
• 7. As well as questions involving calculation and physics, Google used to ask would-be employees to solve logic puzzles.
• 8. The would-be entrepreneur or business leader needs a core area of expertise, a discipline that may well be acquired at undergraduate level.
• 9. And then imagine this decision playing out in the minds of thousands of would-be contributors in other countries.
• 10. That may be keeping a number of would-be buyers on the sidelines.
• 11. It seldom exists, doctors say, and would-be detoxers can become constipated by using laxatives too often.
• 12. it's a genie that can be summoned by any would-be master.
• 13. Yuan Shih-k'ai, a would-be Oriental Bonaparte, now attempted to consolidate his power.
• 14. Canadian Men's hockey team is now in the position to win would-be 3rd gold medals in 4 Olympics.
• 15. It is time for Washington and other would-be friends of Haiti to try a new approach to helping Haiti develop.
• 16. The clouds rolled over the second enemy, that would-be latecomer to old-fashioned empire, and warned a potential new one.
• 17. The best-known of these would-be disrupters is also the most extreme in its approach.
• 18. Would-be buyers keep their wallets closed, fearing that the value of a home will go down in value.
• 19. Meet them yourself in positive ways so you won't get yourself to "use" or scare off would-be partners.
• 20. According to researchers, this tricks would-be predators into thinking that the insect is a larger animal, like an owl.
• 21. Regulation also makes life harder for would-be competitors, foreign or Chinese.
• 22. This feature is listed as optional, so would-be customers concerned about privacy issues needn't be worried.
• 23. NPR's Scott Horsley reports some would-be users have been pushed into an online waiting area.
• 24. An assessment of my would-be boss/ supervisor.
• 25. I lifted a key off your would-be killer's body before you knocked me out.
• 26. Wipro even has an internal matrimonial site where would-be suitors can seek partners among the workforce of 96965.
• 27. He is paralyzed as the result of a would-be assassin's bullet years ago.
• 28. Recession in rich countries has discouraged some would-be incomers from trying their luck.
• 29. But in a new context-Brent as would-be rock star-the character could be seen as realistically having moved on.
• 30. The band's success has inspired hundreds of would-be imitators.
• 31. A would-be actor.