grow famous
Example Sentences
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He started not only to invite but to heed Batting Coach Billy DeMars' counsel and also began to grow famous.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then she would keep him company in his studio, for he must work and grow famous.
From Artist and Model (The Divorced Princess) by Pont-Jest, Ren? de
I should like to grow famous, and make myself a name.”
From Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family by Fenn, George Manville
"One word, Mary," she said; "if you grow famous, no marrying—mind!"
From The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 by Various
The name of Caratacus being brought out of the Iles was alreadie spred ouer the prouinces adioining, and began now to grow famous through Italie.
From Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (4 of 8) The Fovrth Booke Of The Historie Of England by Holinshed, Raphael
