REPUTE in a Sentence
Learn REPUTE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
217 example sentences for REPUTE, such as:
1. My father was a historian of repute.
2. His reputation was blemished by that article.
3. I repute him as an intelligent for a long time.
4. He built up a reputation as a tough businessman.
5. She has a very good reputation among her fellows.
2. His reputation was blemished by that article.
3. I repute him as an intelligent for a long time.
4. He built up a reputation as a tough businessman.
5. She has a very good reputation among her fellows.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of REPUTE
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repute
v. look on as or consider
n. the state of being held in high esteem and honor
Classic Sentence: (147 in 10 pages)
1 It would be greatly for the public behoof if we women, being of mature age and church-members in good repute, should have the handling of such malefactresses as this Hester Prynne.
2 Neither do thou imagine that I shall contrive aught against his life; no, nor against his fame, if as I judge, he be a man of fair repute.
3 I am in high repute for my accomplishment in all pertaining to the art, and am joined with eleven others in reporting the debates in Parliament for a Morning Newspaper.
4 Some of them were of the war time and showed that he had done his duty well and had borne the repute of a brave soldier.
5 The Black Swan is an inn of repute in the High Street, at no distance from the station, and there we found the young lady waiting for us.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES
Context Highlight In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES
6 But the young maiden, being discreet and of good repute, would ever avoid him, for she feared his evil name.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 2. The Curse of the Baskervilles
Context Highlight In Chapter 2. The Curse of the Baskervilles
7 The waste land bordered by this wall communicated with the back yard of an ex-livery stable-keeper of bad repute, who had failed and who still kept a few old single-seated berlins under his sheds.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER XV—JONDRETTE MAKES HIS PURCHASES
Context Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER XV—JONDRETTE MAKES HIS PURCHASES
8 She lived on the Quai des Celestins, at the corner of this ancient street of the Petit-Musc which afforded her the opportunity of changing her evil repute into good odor.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 6: CHAPTER I—THE MALICIOUS PLAYFULNESS OF THE WIND
Context Highlight In BOOK 6: CHAPTER I—THE MALICIOUS PLAYFULNESS OF THE WIND
9 Oh, Scarlett, he has the most terrible reputation.
10 Lucky for Ashley that he had an unassailable reputation for courage, or else there'd be trouble.
11 If you didn't do these things, the other matrons talked about you and then your reputation was ruined and your family disgraced.
12 If you were too nice to young husbands, their wives said you were fast and you got a bad reputation and never caught any beaux of your own.
13 There, I'll be saying no more tonight, for I'm going to see this fine Captain Butler who makes so light of me daughter's reputation.
14 I am not a soldier and I have no desire to seek the bubble reputation even in the cannon's mouth.
15 Then, having accepted his gifts, she could not summon courage enough to tell him his reputation made it improper for him to call on three lone women who had no male protector.
Example Sentence: (70 in 5 pages)
1 My father was a historian of repute.
2 This short story was published by two journals of repute.
3 I repute him as an intelligent for a long time.
4 A good reputation sits still; a bad one runs about.
5 Although he is known to only a few, his reputation among them is very great.
6 She has a very good reputation among her fellows.
7 His reputation lends a certain validity to the approach that it might not deserve.
8 His reputation was blemished by that article.
9 If you would build for your happiness a sure foundation, let the stone for the corner be a good reputation.
10 He built up a reputation as a tough businessman.
11 He is a man with a reputation for being tough and unafraid of unpopular decisions.
12 His approach had won him a reputation as a tough manager.
13 He had shot three people dead earning himself a reputation as a tough guy.
14 To care for wisdom and truth and the improvement of the soul is far better than to seek money and honour and reputation.
15 The reputation of the navigator is under assault from historical revisionists.