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
We shall put flowers in the immortal mug, and I shall paint them, earn sums, and grow famous, such will be the inspiration of my surroundings.
From Silver Pitchers: and Independence A Centennial Love Story by Alcott, Louisa May
Lincolnshire farmers have been imported, and the long, fresh slopes are sheep-walks no more, but grow famous turnips and barley.
From Tom Brown's School Days by Hughes, Thomas
So Cæsar meant to serve his consulate, take some government where he could grow famous and form an army, and then come home and mould everything anew.
From Young Folks' History of Rome by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
