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Examples of famously in a Sentence
The executive famously insisted on riding the bus to work every day.
Recent Examples of famously from the Web
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President Donald Trump has famously been reported to enjoy two scoops of ice cream with his chocolate cream pie, while others around the table only get one.
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In 1967 British biologist and Nobel laureate Sir Peter Medawar famously characterized science as, in book title form, The Art of the Soluble.
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While Grande lip-syncs, Madonna recites what Billboard identified as the bible quote Samuel L. Jackson's famously says in Pulp Fiction.
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Fluorocarbons are noted for being hydrophobic, most famously in the form of Teflon.
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The American colonists had been upset with British rule for a long time — most famously because the British government taxed them without giving them any sort of democratic representation.
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Cheryl and Payne famously (or notoriously, depending on your take) met in 2008 when Payne was just 14.
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Most famously, in his epic portrait of Lander’s Peak , a Shoshone village thrives at the bedrock of the sublime.
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Most famously, on Aug. 16, American Brigadier-General William Hull, unnerved by an English and Native American force outside Detroit’s walls, surrendered without a fight.
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First Known Use of famously
1546
FAMOUSLY Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of famously for English Language Learners
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: in a way that is known by many people : in a famous manner
FAMOUSLY Defined for Kids
famously
Definition of famously for Students
: very well
- We got along famously.
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