grow famous
Example Sentences
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He started not only to invite but to heed Batting Coach Billy DeMars' counsel and also began to grow famous.
From Time Magazine Archive
But, do you know, I'm afraid you've done something else than grow famous.
From The Great Miss Driver by Hope, Anthony
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
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
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
