household name

Example Sentences

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A bookmaker's son who climbed to the pinnacle of amateur sport to win Olympic gold at the 1956 Melbourne Games, the Londoner became a household name.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

Her imminent debut on “The Bachelorette” is set to make Paul a household name.

From Salon • Mar. 20, 2026

Since then, Lim has become a household name.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

Mr. Dikötter writes that it “made Mao into a household name and became the basis for all subsequent accounts of the rise of the Communist Party, and by implication of the history of modern China.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

This is how Mary B. Addison became a household name.

From "Allegedly" by Tiffany D. Jackson