How to Use reputed in a Sentence

reputed

adjective
  • She was hired for her reputed talents as a manager.
  • The father was reputed to be part of Guzman’s top tier in the Sinaloa cartel.
    Kristina Davis, latimes.com, 29 July 2017
  • Or the full-on ruse of a reputed wine dealer who made counterfeits in his home kitchen that passed as fancy lots.
    Laurel Demkovich, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2019
  • In that incident, a 17-year-old reputed gang member was shot in the leg, the New York Post reported.
    Robert Gearty, Fox News, 28 Nov. 2020
  • The father had been arrested dozens of times and was also a reputed member of the Four Corner Hustlers street gang.
    Jason Meisner, chicagotribune.com, 9 May 2017
  • Whether the company—and Berns’s reputed fortune—can sustain itself long enough to see the project through is uncertain.
    Jacob Silverman, The New Republic, 16 Feb. 2021
  • Americans, reputed to be the most litigious people in the world, are filing far fewer lawsuits.
    Joe Palazzolo, WSJ, 24 July 2017
  • A reputed member of the Gambino crime family and former son-in-law of John Gotti agreed to a plea deal that included a large fine but no prison.
    The Associated Press, The Seattle Times, 2 June 2017
  • Both schools with reputed and strong girls’ ice hockey programs, the foray into the field game seemed like a natural progression.
    BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2021
  • Her reputed charms did not include her vicious anti-Semitism.
    Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2020
  • The ancient Greek culture during the time of Homer, the reputed author of the Iliad and Odyssey, valued hospitality to new guests.
    Avi Loeb, Scientific American, 24 Nov. 2021
  • The idea also is a direct challenge to the reputed billionaire in the White House, Donald Trump, who once backed a wealth tax but in 2017 enacted a dramatic tax cut that favored the rich.
    Josh Boak, USA TODAY, 15 Oct. 2019
  • The last major twist in the case came in 2012, when forensic police exhumed the body of a reputed mobster from the crypt of a Roman basilica in hopes of finding Orlandi’s remains as well.
    NBC News, 13 July 2019
  • One night in May, a reputed marijuana dealer in York, Maine, slid into his hot tub with three other people.
    Travis Andersen, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2019
  • Nearby stood Jason Pagan, a 38-year-old reputed member of the Bloods street gang who had gotten out of prison six months earlier after serving time for a gun charge.
    New York Times, 30 July 2019
  • The reputed crime boss was allegedly wearing a pink t-shirt with a cartoon image of donuts, a black wig, silicon mask and tight jeans to conceal his identity.
    Fox News, 4 Aug. 2019
  • Police charged a Staten Island man with murder Monday for the killing of the reputed boss of the Gambino crime family earlier this month.
    Corinne Ramey, WSJ, 25 Mar. 2019
  • In 2012, Italian forensic police exhumed the body of a reputed mobster from the crypt of a Roman basilica in hopes of finding Orlandi’s remains as well – but the search turned up no link.
    Fox News, 20 July 2019
  • The last major twist in the case came in 2012, when Italian forensic police exhumed the body of a reputed mobster from the crypt of a Roman basilica in hopes of finding Orlandi's remains as well.
    Nicole Winfield, Anchorage Daily News, 13 July 2019
  • The reputed Connecticut mobster is believed to be the last surviving person of interest in the largest art heist in U.S. history.
    Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com, 27 Feb. 2018
  • Fox News previously reported in May that one of the men accused of killing the reputed mobster has been held in solitary confinement ever since.
    Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 27 Oct. 2021
  • But in a country reputed to have more television sets than refrigerators, Mr. Fonseca sealed his fame as many of his works were adapted for film and TV.
    Michael Astor, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2020
  • Popular, an insular institution with reputed links to Opus Dei, the Roman Catholic group, was used to going its own way.
    Edward Robinson, Bloomberg.com, 8 June 2017
  • There’s actual science behind the reputed power of eggs at taming the aftereffects of a night of boozing.
    Emily Heil, Washington Post, 30 Dec. 2019
  • However, the optics of doing a partisan event in a state so reputed for its independent thinking are not good.
    James Pindell, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Apr. 2018
  • The reputed presence of Mr. Xi, who this holiday season may face some tough decisions on the future of Hong Kong, was immaterial to the crowds, who would never catch a glimpse of him anyway.
    New York Times, 22 Aug. 2019
  • At the same time, Parkway Bank made a seven-figure loan to another reputed mobster to finance his secret stake in the casino, according to Gaming Board records.
    David Heinzmann, chicagotribune.com, 7 Nov. 2019
  • Among those denied clemency: Anthony Calabrese, a 57-year-old reputed mob hit man from Chicago convicted of three robberies and sentenced to 62 years in prison.
    Gregory Korte, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2018
  • Since the informant, a reputed Mexican Mafia shot caller, was acting as an agent of the government, Dekraai’s right to have his lawyer present was violated, Sanders argued.
    James Queally, latimes.com, 19 June 2017
  • The reputed leader of the gang, Dante Bailey, was sentenced to life in prison on racketeering charges after a jury found the group trafficked drugs and participated in murders.
    Justin Fenton, baltimoresun.com, 6 Nov. 2020

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