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renown
noun as in fame
Example Sentences
In a cruel twist of fate, these were precisely the costs that sunk Rioult Dance NY, known for theatrical and deeply emotional works, just as it was preparing for greater renown.
Bisa Butler’s 2021 “I Go to Prepare a Place for You,” is a textile portrait of Harriet Tubman, equally commanding and more explicitly regal than Sherald’s depiction of an ordinary woman thrust into posthumous renown.
Meanwhile, On’s marketing chief, Robayna, says the company has hired a lawyer to secure residence status in Switzerland for Lobalu, whose renown has grown among the country’s runners.
The Brooklyn-born architect, who passed away on May 10 at age 85, first gained renown as an interior architect when he opened his practice in 1965.
The first Danish series to gain international renown was the 2007 show Forbrydelsen, which followed the investigation of a single crime, with each episode chronicling a day in the investigation.
Simmons is an interesting role model given her renown as a multi-media, feminist artist.
But, the Yahwist describes the Nephilim as “heroes that were of old, warriors of renown,” not as gods or even demi-gods.
Especially those whose renown is related to a moral failing.
Lukashenko openly despised Sannikov and his wife, Irina Khalip, an investigative reporter of international renown.
Joyce, for his part, later grumbled that Eliot gained renown by borrowing from his Ulysses.
In choosing Massna to carry to Paris the tidings of peace, it was not only his prestige and renown which influenced Bonaparte.
Among them was the famous favourite violin of Paganini, the renown of which, says M. Vuillaume, "was equal to that of its master."
His military renown rested largely on his ability to carry out, without hesitation and jealousy, the commands of others.
Not once, by word or deed, can we discern that he cherished any idea of future renown.
Her talents, her accomplishments, her fascinating conversational eloquence, had spread her renown widely through Europe.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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