grow famous

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

He started not only to invite but to heed Batting Coach Billy DeMars' counsel and also began to grow famous.

From Time Magazine Archive

And I say to her, 'My beloved, my queen, you and I will be married and we will work together and grow famous and rich.'

From A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago by Hecht, Ben

One does not have so many friends that one can spare them for long, even to have them grow famous.

From Van Bibber and Others by Davis, Richard Harding

Lincolnshire farmers have been imported, and the long, fresh slopes are sheep-walks no more, but grow famous turnips and barley.

From Tom Brown's School Days by Hughes, Thomas

I should like to grow famous, and make myself a name.”

From Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family by Fenn, George Manville