prestige
Example Sentences
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The director of “The Fly” and “Videodrome” isn’t in the film long, but he bequeaths prestige upon these splat-hijinks that they don’t quite deserve.
From Los Angeles Times
People want to see stories that flagrantly, confidently tug at their heartstrings — ambitious romances that make the everyday into something cinematic, without trying to dress up the ordinary aspects of life in prestige, Oscar-bait clothing.
From Salon
Things like money, social prestige, family expectations, why, in the books they vanished like rainclouds, every time.
From Literature
He didn’t repudiate his warnings when they failed to pan out, yet didn’t lose his popularity or prestige.
He didn’t repudiate his warnings when they failed to pan out, yet didn’t lose his popularity or prestige.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
