fame
Example Sentences
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The difference is—unlike her—they didn’t skyrocket to fame with a catchy action strategy.
He knew how to comment on his own fame without ever getting swallowed up by it.
From Salon
Savannah Guthrie's fame has proved to be a double-edged sword.
From BBC
He was a young Olympian breaking through, on the cusp of wild fame.
For generations, this imposing photograph of a clean-shaven Abraham Lincoln—age 51 and at the crest of newfound national fame—inexplicably remained an orphan in the Lincoln visual canon.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.