FAMED in a Sentence
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105 example sentences for FAMED, such as:
1. Your rivals to surpass and merit fame.
2. A good fame is better than a good face.
3. The city is famed for its scenic spots.
4. He endeavored after more fame and wealth.
5. The book catapulted the author into fame overnight.
2. A good fame is better than a good face.
3. The city is famed for its scenic spots.
4. He endeavored after more fame and wealth.
5. The book catapulted the author into fame overnight.
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Meanings and Examples of FAMED
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famed
n. favorable public reputation
n. the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
Classic Sentence: (72 in 5 pages)
1 But John Wilkes, famed throughout the state for his hospitality, really knew how to give a barbecue.
2 You'd still be the broken-hearted widow of Charles Hamilton and famed for your good deeds among the wounded.
3 They kept the negroes stirred up with tales of cruelty perpetrated by the whites and, in a section long famed for the affectionate relations between slaves and slave owners, hate and suspicion began to grow.
4 But that darkness was licked up by the fierce flames, which at intervals forked forth from the sooty flues, and illuminated every lofty rope in the rigging, as with the famed Greek fire.
5 A day will come in the lapse of cycles, when the house of Assaracus shall lay Phthia and famed Mycenae in bondage, and reign over conquered Argos.
6 In Sicilian territory too is tilth and town, and famed Acestes himself of Trojan blood.
7 Euryalus in the flower of youth and famed for beauty, Nisus for pure love of the boy.
8 Some hundred paces from it lies the manor-house Ny Soe, where Thorwaldsen, the famed sculptor, generally sojourned during his stay in Denmark, and where he called many of his immortal works into existence.
9 A long time ago there lived a king who was famed for his wisdom through all the land.
10 At length we saw the numerous steeples of London, St. Paul's towering above all, and the Tower famed in English history.
11 Prince Vasili himself, famed for his elocution, was to read it.
12 the writer, scraping in the dunghill for sixpenny fame.
13 Your rivals to surpass and merit fame.
14 The diminished list of competitors for silvan fame still amounted to eight.
15 And the lips that shall refuse to pledge me to his well-earned fame, I term false and dishonoured, and will so maintain them with my life.
Example Sentence: (33 in 3 pages)
1 Racket throwing tennis star John McEnroe was famed for his displays of tempestuous temperament.
2 The fountains of Rome are famed for their architectural beauty.
3 The city is famed for its scenic spots.
4 Some, such as Grinnell, were fortunate enough to parlay their alumni connections into access to top venture funds such as Sequoia Capital, famed for its winning Silicon Valley investments
5 China's de facto first lady, famed military singer Peng Liyuan, seems to have gone out of her way to keep a low profile since her husband Xi Jinping was anointed as the Communist Party's top leader at its 18th National Congress last November.
6 Pro tip for thieves: If you're going to steal an iPhone, make sure it doesn't belong to a famed New York Times tech columnist.
7 A famed person and a fattened pig are alike in danger.
8 He endeavored after more fame and wealth.
9 Of all the possessions of this life fame is the noblest; when the body has sunk into the dust the great name still lives.
10 Nor fame I slight, nor for her favours call; she come unlooked for, if she comes at all.
11 The fame of great men ought to be judged always by the means they used to acquirde it.
12 The book catapulted the author into fame overnight.
13 The talent of success is nothing more than doing well whatever you do without a thought of fame.
14 Blessed is he whose fame does not outshine his truth.
15 A good fame is better than a good face.