Would Be

He granted interviews to all the television stations in town and called his would-be assassins maggots. ❋ Rick Porrello (2011)

The aging inventor took out newspaper advertisements, calling his would-be rival out. ❋ C. J. Chivers (2010)

Why, then, did the culture of American renegades get so little praise from the would-be evangelists of democracy? ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

Drogo, ever the clever Dothraki punster, says that he'll give Viserys "a golden crown that men shall tremble to behold" and then coronates the would-be king by pouring molten gold over his head. ❋ Unknown (2011)

By way of a plot summary, News From Nowhere is also a story about a would-be conqueror who fails in his inchoate mission, specifically, an Argentine loner on the lam, arriving illegally by boat on Montauk's shores. ❋ Michael Vazquez (2011)

The glut of would-be buyers is fueling concerns among some hedge funds that the space is growing overcrowded. ❋ David Enrich (2011)

As also befits Morrissey's universe, there are two would-be controlling women with designs on said Adonis, in the aforementioned smuggler and painter who are played respectively by Olga Lirian who appears as herself in Let's Get Lost and factory legend Viva Hoffman, who delivers a line that could be straight from Morrissey's mouth, as she discusses her estate while proposing-slash-propositioning a pre-nup marraige to the Argentine: My father was smart. ❋ Michael Vazquez (2011)

Democrat Barbara Boxer outdistanced her Republican challengers in raising money during the first quarter of the year, and her two leading GOP would-be opponents were nearly tied in income over the period, according to financial reports. ❋ Unknown (2010)

So, to bring things full circle here, do we have any would-be partygoers out there who can tell us what really happened out on Hollywood Boulevard on July 27, 2011? ❋ Jim Hill (2011)

Aside for the idiocy of focusing on drivel at the expense of real issues, it has turned the GOP into the party of hypocrisy, or would-be hypocrites, who are afraid to aspire to higher public office lest their dirty laundry be exposed on the Religious Right's clothesline. ❋ Wayne Besen (2011)

During World War 2, a team of would-be German saboteurs landed in Montauk, and were detected but not apprehended by a coast guard sentry, only to fail in their missions, absorbed into society at large. ❋ Michael Vazquez (2011)

Bloomberg News Jan Hommen sees growth as important for safeguarding a scaled-down ING's independence from would-be buyers. ❋ Maarten Van Tartwijk (2011)

Critics of these changes predict fallout from veteran teachers opting for early retirement and would-be teachers seeking other career paths. ❋ Richard Whitmire (2011)

Over time, I'd predict that the ostracizers and would-be converters are more likely to be influenced by their Hindu counterparts than vice versa. ❋ Philip Goldberg (2011)

• Perhaps not the best week for bloviators on Fox News to call for the abolition of the US's national weather service just because it's government-funded, but what are we to make of Republican God-botherer and would-be presidential candidate Michele Bachmann's suggestion that the east coast's hurricane was God's way of sending a message to America? ❋ Unknown (2011)

I would of [typed] my paper using [proper grammar] but it is [what it is]. ❋ Tommyt (2008)

I would of known [the difference] between "of" and "have", but I of not been [educated]. Of a [nice day]! ❋ John Stxxxx (2011)

example 1 two men, sitting on a dock, observe [jessica alba] walking by man #2 - would! example 2 same two men, no jessica alba man #1 - what do you think of scarlett [johanson]? man #2 - Pop Would! man #1 - naw man, i want to marry that girl she's [redwood]. man #2 - very true ❋ Cosmo S. (2006)

"I would of kept talking, but she asked me if I wanted to of sex." "Would HAVE. You've doomed us to an [age of darkness], suffering and general [illiteracy]!" "Why don't you of a short [walk off] a long pier you Grammar Nazi." ❋ Narkol (2011)

Read the song lyrics Would? then you must listen to it, it's KILLER!!! "Would?" Know me broken by my master Teach thee on child of love [hereafter] Into the flood again Same old trip it was back then So I made [a big mistake] Try to see it once my way Drifting [body it's] sole desertion Flying not yet quite the notion Into the flood again Same old trip it was back then So I made a big mistake Try to see it once my way Into the flood again Same old trip it was back then So I made a big mistake Try to see it once my way Am I wrong? Have I run too far to get home? Have I gone? And left you here alone? IF . I . WOULD . COULD . YOU? _________________ Would? is a fantastic song, you should listen to it, would you? ❋ LayneLover (2012)

Am I wrong? Have I run [too far] to get home? Have I [gone]? And left you here alone? Am I wrong? Have I run too far to get home? Have I gone? And left you here alone? If I would, [could you]? Would? ❋ Death Menace (2023)

Joey: Omg guys, I just ate like 40 [taquitos]. [Shayne]: [Hah]! You would do something like that. Joey:... ❋ ElectricEel (2009)

I would of pointed out that the [vernacular] can be a [legitimate] form, but I have too many [other things] to do. ❋ JustPassing (2012)

[I would] of called her but [I didn't] know her [number]. ❋ Tbett (2008)

(Imagine [walkin] along with your boy or girl. [Walkin] towards you both is a descent, let's say [average girl] or guy. A 6 out of 10.) Out of the corner of your mouth, just enough for your friend to hear........Would Ja? ❋ Dirty B! (2008)