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
"One word, Mary," she said; "if you grow famous, no marrying—mind!"
From The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 by Various
For what could be more ironical than for Howard Spurlock to see himself grow famous under the name of Taber?
From The Ragged Edge by MacGrath, Harold
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
"I wonder how many pictures I'll have to paint before I begin to grow famous?"
From Little Folks A Magazine for the Young (Date of issue unknown) by Various
