manque

• So deal with her bitterness by doing what she can't: Look past the star manque, and help her see who she is. —  IdahoStatesman.com News Updates
• A kind of theologian manque, Wood confesses his atheism with a ritual regularity; as vigorously as literature mobilizes his emotions, he saves his deepest feelings for theological dispute, the one place his impeccably confident prose tends to lose its composure. —  Powell's Books: Overview
• Ce qui fait que pour combler ce manque, nous avons décidé de mettre sur pied un projet d'élevage de poulets. —  Kiva Loans
• Franken is the son of a comedian-manque, whose own story also figures in the film. —  GreenCine Daily
• We Americans, especially those of us with some gall and / or ability are always keen to note the fete manque, the lost opportunity, the narrative that might have been if we had only. —  Cobb

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