repute

Example Sentences

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Despite his father, William, swiftly banning Virgo from the club, out of concerns for a boy so young treating such a venue of questionable repute as his playground, snooker had already won.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

An opera company’s stature, and even an art capital’s cultural repute, can rise or fall depending upon its ability to mount a “Ring” cycle.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2024

Brightline argued that Virgin had “ceased to constitute a brand of international high repute, largely because of matters related to the pandemic.”

From Seattle Times • Oct. 12, 2023

Having been thoroughly Islamized, Ghana began to produce Muslim scholars, lawyers, and Quran readers of some repute, many traveling to Islamic Spain to study or going on pilgrimage to Mecca.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Hosteen was a bull, slow to anger but implacable once roused, and by repute the fiercest fighter of Lord Walder’s get.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin