famously
Example Sentences
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Jefferson famously said if forced to choose between living without newspapers and living without government, he’d prefer the latter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Bargatze catapulted to mainstream status after portraying a silly version of the famously reprehensible though widely respected George Washington on “SNL” without antagonizing anyone, least of all Washington.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
The currency is taste: Williamsburg effectively costs the same as Manhattan prices, but there is a thrill in living in a space that has been so famously known for hosting so many interesting people before.
From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. famously said, “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
But the great example of this genre is It Happened One Night, with Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable, who famously dispensed with wearing an undershirt.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
