unrenowned

Example Sentences

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Also, I’m a writer, a trade unrenowned for temperance.

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2019

The team has a track record of bad starts against wounded or unrenowned opposition.

From Washington Times • Jan. 10, 2017

This son, Franz Victor, our hero's father, had to pass his life wretchedly in an insignificant position, the only one among the Sendlingens who went to his grave in mature years, unrenowned and indeed despised.

From The Chief Justice A Novel by Franzos, Karl Emil

Dr. Bagby was sent with the dead soldier to Richmond and soon afterward was discharged because of ill health, "and thus ended the record of an unrenowned warrior."

From Literary Hearthstones of Dixie by Pickett, La Salle Corbell

Yea, these divines to whom We have referred, were mostly unrenowned, and, by the grace of God they were all purged of earthly vanities and free from the trappings of leadership.

From The Kitáb-i-Íqán by Bahá'u'lláh