: known widely and well : famous

Examples of famed in a Sentence

a bowl of the restaurant's famed chili San Francisco's famed Golden Gate Bridge.
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Pedro had planned to spend October 19, the day of the Louvre heist, at the famed museum with his mother and grandfather. Caroline Baum, CNN Money, 10 Nov. 2025 Sanders, 70, is one of several local bluesmen who have performed for decades in the famed Black nightclub in the sleepy town of Indianola. USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025 Fennell’s adaptation of the famed Emily Brontë novel stars Margot Robbie as Catherine Earnshaw and Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff. Walden Green, Pitchfork, 10 Nov. 2025 The famed Dark Horse Estate in Franklin, Tennessee, is listed for $24 million. Bryan West, Nashville Tennessean, 10 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for famed

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1533, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of famed was circa 1533

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“Famed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/famed. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.

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