repute

Example Sentences

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Practically every working actor of some repute has offhandedly mentioned their interest in directing a film at one time or another.

From Salon • Jan. 1, 2026

An opera company’s stature, and even an art capital’s cultural repute, can rise or fall depending upon its ability to mount a “Ring” cycle.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2024

According to the lawsuit, Brightline says Virgin “ceased to constitute a brand of international high repute, largely because of matters related to the pandemic.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2023

Having been thoroughly Islamized, Ghana began to produce Muslim scholars, lawyers, and Quran readers of some repute, many traveling to Islamic Spain to study or going on pilgrimage to Mecca.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Between Meereen and Volantis lay five hundred leagues of deserts, mountains, swamps, and ruins, plus Mantarys with its sinister repute.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin