How to Use claim to fame in a Sentence

claim to fame

noun phrase
Definition of claim to famenext
  • At the time, his greatest claim to fame was the size of his paycheck.
    — Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Reid is far from the only NFL pro with a claim to fame regarding the pair, though.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 18 Oct. 2023
  • This phone's claim to fame is having two periscope camera lenses on the back.
    — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 8 Jan. 2024
  • In fact, this hot sauce's claim to fame is that it was used to invent Buffalo wings.
    — Jorie Nicole McDonald, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2023
  • The species’ claim to fame is simple: The African wildcat is the ancestor of our beloved household pets.
    — Jonathan Losos, Discover Magazine, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Filled with the typical taco fillings, this item’s claim to fame was the hard taco shell made with Cool Ranch Doritos chips.
    — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Qatar Airways Qatar Airways' claim to fame is its Qsuite business-class seats.
    — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 11 July 2023
  • View Photos Top speed may be the Diablo's big claim to fame, but this bull is most at home stampeding the twisties.
    — Frank Markus, Car and Driver, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Of course, Perry’s biggest claim to fame will always be Chandler Bing.
    — Sarah Hepola, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Without question, his daughter, Raegan McGuire, has a greater claim to fame.
    — Brad Townsend, Dallas News, 11 July 2023
  • Its claim to fame was a dubious breakthrough, sort of the down-market flip side to the Pentagon Papers.
    — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The 49ers made Moody a third-round draft pick to replace Robbie Gould, whose claim to fame was never missing a postseason kick.
    — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2024
  • But the property's claim to fame is its farm-to-table program that includes the first carbon-neutral farm in the country.
    — Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Naturally, such a claim to fame comes alive around Halloween.
    — Rose Marie Walano, Country Living, 14 June 2023
  • Families also love Ocean City's claim to fame: salt water taffy.
    — Rose Marie Walano, Country Living, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Once heralded for asparagus farms and flower stands, Hadley — the town where Jamie Edwards works — has a new claim to fame in union elections.
    — Diti Kohli, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2023
  • But his real claim to fame came in 2015 when he was asked to train the kitchen staff of a restaurant in Palau, an archipelago of islands in Micronesia.
    — Emily Blackwood, Peoplemag, 7 Oct. 2023
  • Their steaks were their claim to fame, specifically their secret marinade recipe.
    — David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 2 July 2023
  • This versatile tool’s claim to fame lies in its ability to adapt to virtually anything with the ease of a single gadget.
    — Jessica Copeland, Rolling Stone, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Miele’s claim to fame is its dishwashers, which are known to be super reliable and surprisingly silent.
    — Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 July 2023
  • McNulty’s public claim to fame is being a founder of Market Garden Brewery.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Despite its new claim to fame, the Valle de Cocora has long been famous for its impressive forest of wax palm trees, which tower high above the valley, growing up to 200 feet tall.
    — Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 3 Feb. 2024
  • His visual claim to fame is a high sloping forehead and bill—no other North American duck sports such an angular profile.
    — M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 8 Nov. 2023
  • The brand, whose claim to fame is its equally beloved on-the-go pillows, created an ergonomic 3D style that actually adapts to your face and blocks out light for a more restful, deeper sleep.
    — Megan Schaltegger, Travel + Leisure, 4 Feb. 2024
  • The Rodgers and Hammerstein adaptation would quickly become Riggs’ greatest claim to fame.
    — Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Mar. 2023
  • At Nippert Stadium a lanky ambidextrous punter whose home is over 21 hours away hangs with another young man who often views him upside down and a third whose claim to fame began as a joke.
    — Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 8 Apr. 2023
  • Maybe SharkNinja’s greatest-ever claim to fame was getting sued by rival iRobot for patent infringement.
    — Thomas Lee, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2023
  • Its claim to fame was a constant force mechanism—a device that delivers a high rate of stability, no matter the amount of available energy.
    — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2023
  • More recently, it’s become just as well known for its environmental efforts and its claim to fame as the world’s first carbon-negative country.
    — Katie Lockhart, Robb Report, 12 Dec. 2023
  • The country’s robust economic growth—Erdogan’s longtime claim to fame—had ended.
    — Halil Karaveli, Foreign Affairs, 14 July 2023

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