famed

adjective \ ˈfāmd \

Updated on: 21 May 2018

Definition of famed

: known widely and well : famous

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Examples of famed in a Sentence

a bowl of the restaurant's famed chili
San Francisco's famed Golden Gate Bridge.

Recent Examples of famed from the Web

Black Stag Brewery will be on the same block as the famed Free State Brewing Co., which opened in 1989 at 636 Massachusetts — at the time the first legal brewery to open in the state in more than 100 years.

— joyce smith, kansascity, "Lawrence's new brewery on same block as Free State adds to city's craft brew draw | The Kansas City Star," 16 May 2018
Cameron, the famed director of The Terminator, Aliens, Avatar, and other groundbreaking films, is about to take a deep look at the ways in which sci-fi predicted the future and changed our culture.

— andrew moseman, Popular Mechanics, "James Cameron Is Bringing the History of Sci-Fi To TV," 27 Apr. 2018
In Houston, famed for its rapid construction of relatively affordable, market-rate single-family houses, the ravages of Hurricane Harvey have raised questions about the wisdom of paving so much of the floodplain and drainage areas.

— rick hampson, USA TODAY, "The single-family house: An American symbol facing an uncertain future," 25 Apr. 2018
Along 5th Avenue to the west, bakeries famed for their pastel de elote, taquerias and money transfer businesses cater predominantly to a Dominican, Puerto Rican and Mexican population.

— nina agrawal, latimes.com, "Brooklyn's Sunset Park, built and rebuilt by immigrants, sees change once again," 20 Apr. 2018
Sprouse, famed for playing the more logical half of The Suite Life of Zack and Cody title characters, went on to graduate from NYU with honors alongside his twin brother Dylan before starring in CW's Riverdale.

— abby jones, Billboard, "Demi Lovato, Cole Sprouse & More Reunite in Mega-Disney Reunion," 5 Apr. 2018
Apartment-hunters in Marseille, France, now have the chance to snap up an architectural icon—a duplex unit in Le Corbusier’s famed La Cité Radieuse housing complex—for €598,000 (roughly $740,000).

— barbara eldredge, Curbed, "Apartment in Le Corbusier’s Brutalist icon La Cité Radieuse lists for $740K," 14 Mar. 2018
Canada Goose is the brand famed for making the incredibly warm (and pricey) parkas that flood city streets across the world as the winter draws in.

— lara o’reilly, WSJ, "CMO Today: Vice and Airbnb Tie-up; Pandora Hires Sling’s Lynch; CEOs Quit Trump Advisory Panel," 15 Aug. 2017
See how the famed Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach has transformed over the past 80 years.

— johnny diaz, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Ohio man flew to Palm Beach to smoke weed with Trump, cops say," 4 May 2018

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