How to Use illustrious in a Sentence

illustrious

adjective

• He has had an illustrious military career.
• Joni Mitchell performed at the Grammys for the first time in her illustrious career.
  — Spin Staff, SPIN, 5 Feb. 2024
• The tour, which pays homage to every era of the artist’s illustrious 17-year career, is set to become the biggest tour of all time only a third of the way through its run.
  — Time, 23 Aug. 2023
• Kidman, who got her start in Australia in the 1980s, has had an illustrious career.
  — Brittany Natale, ELLE, 29 June 2023
• The O’Neill has hosted actors, playwrights, and writers for decades and boasts an illustrious list of alums.
  — Jacquinn Sinclair, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2023
• In a matter of months, an illustrious lengthy career had been shattered, maybe for good.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Jan. 2023
• For her wedding day look, Grace worked with the Chanel team to create a custom dress that echoed the brand’s illustrious history.
  — Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 13 Mar. 2023
• Here’s your chance to buy one of the most important race cars from Lewis Hamilton’s illustrious career.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 5 Oct. 2023
• Maestro is less the recounting of an illustrious career than an affair of the heart.
  — Rich Juzwiak, TIME, 20 Dec. 2023
• The White House may be home to the U.S. president, but it's also rumored to house many illustrious ghosts within its storied walls.
  — Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 14 Aug. 2023
• As background, in the third chapter of the illustrious tale, the various characters get wet and are desirous of drying off.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
• The mysterious death comes amid the city's illustrious New York Fashion Week.
  — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 9 Feb. 2024
• Those in this illustrious group have also seen their net worth climb higher in the past year, with the AI boom helping the world’s richest add $150 billion to their portfolios.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 29 Feb. 2024
• One of the most illustrious island resorts in the Indian Ocean, Miavana opened in 2017.
  — Chris Schalkx, Travel + Leisure, 7 June 2023
• Create your own character and attend the illustrious Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the 1800s.
  — Jade Chung-Lee, PCMAG, 21 July 2023
• Masters featured morning groups, tee times and pairings The 2023 Masters will begin with a pair of top groups looking to win the illustrious green jacket.
  — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2023
• Sellers is looking to close out her illustrious prep career by leading the Lions to a fourth straight state championship and back-to-back 4A titles.
  — Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Mar. 2023
• The Sideways star instead offered his illustrious peers a forum to chop it up for an hour or so about subjects that rarely come up during press junkets.
  — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2024
• The illustrious singer was impressed by his body of photo work and perhaps just as much by his thoughtful touch ahead of their meeting: a bouquet of yellow roses.
  — Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 10 Mar. 2024
• That seventh inning — more than the pitching depth and illustrious offense — might best describe how Flower Mound pulled this off.
  — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 11 June 2023
• Now, the illustrious history of the brand that arguably defined British fashion is available in a new book, Burberry by Alexander Fury.
  — Isiah Magsino, Town & Country, 29 Mar. 2023
• Her eyes were the blanched blue of sea glass, a silk scarf was knotted around her neck, and she was surrounded with books and artworks by the illustrious talents who have populated her life.
  — Laura Rysman, New York Times, 16 Dec. 2023
• Powell is the sixth-man extraordinaire for the Clippers and has a very good chance of winning the award this season and joining some illustrious company.
  — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
• Here are 10 things to know about the Rangers’ newest arm, including a look at his illustrious career and his famous case of heterochromia.
  — R.j. Coyle, Dallas News, 30 July 2023
• In Latin, agave means illustrious, admirable, and noble. 5.
  — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 28 Apr. 2023
• Coyne Schofield has been on more than her share of power plays in her illustrious career and believes there are things Minnesota could be doing better.
  — Dean Spiros, Twin Cities, 25 Jan. 2024
• With that, Murray peppered in Easter eggs galore as an homage to Streep’s illustrious career.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 29 Aug. 2023
• Owner Jenine Wech had been quick to sign him up for the first-ever dock-diving demonstration at U.S. dogdom's most illustrious show.
  — Jennifer Peltz, ajc, 6 May 2023
• Billionaires’ Row remains one of the city’s most illustrious buildings.
  — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 27 Jan. 2023
• And British Vogue shared a video of the photoshoot to prove its illustrious cover models hadn’t been Photoshopped together.
  — Tatiana Tenreyro, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024