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
But, do you know, I'm afraid you've done something else than grow famous.
From The Great Miss Driver by Hope, Anthony
"I wonder how many pictures I'll have to paint before I begin to grow famous?"
From Little Folks A Magazine for the Young (Date of issue unknown) by Various
"One word, Mary," she said; "if you grow famous, no marrying—mind!"
From The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 by Various
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
