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Examples of renown in a Sentence
Noun
He achieved great renown for his discoveries.
Her photographs have earned her international renown.
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Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 1 July 2024
The film, which plays in theaters nationwide starting June 21 and comes to Prime Video June 25, is affecting and raw – the latter not usually one associated with a diva of Dion’s renown.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 19 June 2024
Stephen Kinzer, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2023
The old man in the piazza is experiencing something utterly alien to him: renown.
—Salman Rushdie, The New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2020
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Noun
Yet even in her final years, de Jong seemed unfazed by the renown her art had finally received.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 1 July 2024
The film, which plays in theaters nationwide starting June 21 and comes to Prime Video June 25, is affecting and raw – the latter not usually one associated with a diva of Dion’s renown.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 19 June 2024
Verb
The Modern’s attention to his work helped set Mr. Botero on a path to renown.
—Stephen Kinzer, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2023
The old man in the piazza is experiencing something utterly alien to him: renown.
—Salman Rushdie, The New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2020
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“Renown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/renown. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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