Examples of renown in a Sentence
Noun
He achieved great renown for his discoveries.
Her photographs have earned her international renown.
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Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Starting as a coach and schoolteacher with a bachelor’s and master’s degree in U.S. history doesn’t seem like the beginnings of a watchmaker of worldwide renown.
—Thor Svaboe, Robb Report, 2 July 2025
Such a tragic fall in academic standing, after years of hard-won, steady enhancement in renown.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 June 2025
The milieu here is familiar from Compass: the professional, transnational elite, scholars of just-above-modest renown who are just about superannuated.
—Nicholas Dames, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
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Noun
The show ultimately highlighted Ballerini, 31, 16 years into rising Nashville renown, bravely emboldened.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Starting as a coach and schoolteacher with a bachelor’s and master’s degree in U.S. history doesn’t seem like the beginnings of a watchmaker of worldwide renown.
—Thor Svaboe, Robb Report, 2 July 2025
Such a tragic fall in academic standing, after years of hard-won, steady enhancement in renown.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 June 2025
The milieu here is familiar from Compass: the professional, transnational elite, scholars of just-above-modest renown who are just about superannuated.
—Nicholas Dames, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
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“Renown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/renown. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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