fame

Example Sentences

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And you know, Jay is a friend, and you know, I want him to see fame.

From Los Angeles Times

Their work had an unlikely brush with literary fame: during a visit in 1873, Mark Twain was so taken with the dining‑room mantelpiece at Ayton Castle that he purchased it.

From BBC

Yet despite its fame, scientists still know relatively little about what the inside of its skull looked like.

From Science Daily

The group has previously spoken about the pressures of their rapid global rise to fame and the online scrutiny that has accompanied it.

From BBC

Actor Eric Dane, who rose to fame as Dr. Mark Sloan on “Grey’s Anatomy,” died Thursday afternoon following a battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease.

From Salon