Would-be Past Tense

The past tense of Would-be is would-was.

1. would-be

adjective. unfulfilled or frustrated in realizing an ambition.

Rhymes with Would Be

Sentences with would-be

1. Noun Phrase
This means 1.56 gallons of E85 would be needed to equal one gallon of regular gasoline.

Quotes about would-be

1. My most important piece of advice to all you would-be writers: When you write, try to leave out all the parts readers skip* important piece of advice to all you would-be writers: When you write, try to leave out all the parts readers skip.
*- Elmore Leonard, Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing

2. I am always chilled and astonished by the would-be writers who ask me for advice and admit, quite blithely, that they "don't have time to read."This is like a guy starting up Mount Everest saying that he didn't have time to buy any rope or pitons*ways chilled and astonished by the would-be writers who ask me for advice and admit, quite blithely, that they "don't have time to read."This is like a guy starting up Mount Everest saying that he didn't have time to buy any rope or pitons.
*- Stephen King

2. be

verb. ['ˈbiː, bi'] have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).

3. be

verb. ['ˈbiː, bi'] occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere.

4. be

verb. ['ˈbiː, bi'] have an existence, be extant.

5. be

verb. ['ˈbiː, bi'] be identical or equivalent to.

6. be

verb. ['ˈbiː, bi'] form or compose.

7. be

verb. ['ˈbiː, bi'] work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function.

8. be

verb. ['ˈbiː, bi'] represent, as of a character on stage.

9. be

verb. ['ˈbiː, bi'] spend or use time.

10. be

verb. ['ˈbiː, bi'] have life, be alive.