(1) It is possible too, of course, that overeager young operatives at Draft Biden have hitched themselves to an unwilling candidate.
(2) Perhaps the encyclopedia, and talk of “invisible radiation” that could override “biological defences”, was simply one more bluff – like the fake nuclear weapons that were paraded through Red Square in order to lead overeager western analysts down a hall of mirrors.
(3) Overeagerness to obtain a safe way of unloading the tendon during the necessary period of immobilization after suture may result in longstanding damage to the muscle structure and, as a sequel, decreased strength.
(4) His suit replaced by a leather jacket, his hair still heart-throb long, the overeager Wilson looked out of place, as he did as one of the 40 or so people who turned up to see the Sex Pistols play at the Lesser Free Trade Hall in June 1976.
(5) Lord Patten, the Tory chairman, would occasionally cut off an overeager inquisitor, saying this was a press conference not a Socratic debate.
(6) This article describes common life-history themes and intervention strategies with 25 patients who seemed overeager to regard themselves as mentally ill and had aggressively sought treatment for more than two years with little improvement.
Wannabe
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Example Sentences:
(1) Urban hives boom could be 'bad for bees' What happened: Two professors from a University of Sussex laboratory are urging wannabe-urban beekeepers to consider planting more flowers instead of taking up the increasingly popular hobby.
(2) Just after Louise Mensch asked Rupert Murdoch if he'd considered resigning over phone hacking, she received the sort of email that would chill the blood of any wannabe government minister.
(3) Despite the best efforts of Moore and the other wannabes in Hackney North, Abbott doubled her majority at this latest election.
(4) Craig looked out of place in this awkward wannabe blockbuster.
(5) For the wannabe, a state of uncertainty is a constant supply of publicity, delivering more attention for every speech they make.
(6) If, as many believe, a decision on Europe is Cameron’s parting gift to his party, it is the relationship between the press and his wannabe successors which could be more interesting.
(7) She isn't the first wannabe pop girl with intimations of "edge" and "darkness" in her songs to emerge this year , although she might be the last (hello, it's November), but the question is: does she bring anything new to the feisty, lusty-voiced electro-girl genre?
(8) Adele’s appearance at the beginning of this year, belting her way through her hits and even the Spice Girls’ Wannabe and a Nicky Minaj rap, has been watched by more than 110 million people online, around 100 times the number who watch Corden’s Late, Late Show.
(9) When Adele starred in a rainy London “home for the holidays” edition, she downed a cuppa in one gulp, discussed #squadgoals, rapped Nicki Minaj’s Monster and paid homage to the Spice Girls by busting out Wannabe.
(10) The good news is that you don't have to travel to southern California to get a taste of 2014's blockbuster wannabes: a slew of trailers that debuted inside the San Diego Convention Centre 's gargantuan Hall H have now hit the web – and there's no need to dress up like Xena the warrior princess to watch them.
(11) "You can't just make good art these days," is his parting bit of advice to all those Aphex wannabes out there.
(12) In the soap opera of French political eccentrics, few are as colourful and controversial as Tapie: a rags-to-riches businessman who began as a failed popstar and wannabe racing driver, hosted TV shows, became a minister under François Mitterrand, owned Olympique de Marseille football club but then served time in jail for match-fixing, and finally reinvented himself as actor and now press baron, recently buying the newspaper La Provence.
(13) Every day, bands blow up through social media, YouTube stars emerge , bloggers sign book deals and wannabes strive for their big virtual break.
(14) At which point, the righteous rage against big business conveniently diverts towards these moronic corporate wannabes and their tragic, gibbering claims to be “the next Richard Branson”.
(15) The antics of wannabe rockstar Frankie Cocozza, who left the show after breaking a "golden rule", sparked the most ire among viewers.
(16) People might like the sound of internment for all suspected terror sympathisers, as suggested by Ukip’s energy spokesman (as well as by Katie Hopkins wannabe Allison Pearson of the Telegraph) – unless they remember how imprisonment without trial turbo-charged recruitment to the IRA and delayed peace for years.
(17) She wasn't just some hapless wannabe, yet another pissed-up nit who was never gonna make it, nor was she even a ten-a-penny-chanteuse enjoying her fifteen minutes.
(18) An updated religion section would read: "If you ticked Islam, please tick the box that best describes you: a) moderate (ie charter signatory) b) I <3 Sharia c) Brody wannabe.
(19) For the rest, it is yet another iPhone wannabe: it is too small, its multi-touch interface is too slow on the uptake and the whole experience is rather fiddly.
(20) Still, their English beats Pearson's Harvard-wannabe management-speak.