How to Use namesake in a Sentence

namesake

noun

• But by the 1970s, the sign and its namesake were again in bad shape.
  — Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
• Nugget: Watch for the park’s namesake eagles when in the air.
  — Samanta Habashy, IndyStar, 21 Aug. 2025
• Here’s a look at some of the namesakes of these closing schools.
  — Brayden Garcia july 25, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 July 2025
• And the bedrock dish are the rolls, a recipe learned in the Utah kitchen of the cart’s namesake, Mohr’s grandmother.
  — Michael Russell, oregonlive, 22 Sep. 2021
• The trailer stands a namesake 2.3 meters (7.5 ft) tall to the top of the packed tent case.
  — New Atlas, 21 Feb. 2025
• Like her namesake, Paddington the moon bear adored the sweet snack.
  — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2022
• What has Joe told Gwynn about his Hall of Fame namesake?
  — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2025
• In 1994, he was asked by the BLM to go back to the ridge and do a formal census of his namesake.
  — Gregory Barber, Wired, 17 June 2021
• The chapel’s namesake, St. George, is the patron saint of England.
  — Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor, 13 Sep. 2022
• The film's namesake, though, was the brainchild of the director.
  — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 9 Feb. 2022
• The news comes at a time of rapid growth for the jewelry mogul and her two namesake brands.
  — Molly Davis, The Tennessean, 23 Aug. 2025
• Its namesake bell, changed out for a siren in the 1920s, was meant to avoid such calamities in the future.
  — Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
• The namesake restaurant and bar will be there to whip up all your favorites.
  — Dana Givens, Robb Report, 11 Jan. 2023
• But what happened to the namesake vessel wasn't, which weighed on him.
  — Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 29 Aug. 2025
• Tom Ford left his namesake brand a little more than a year ago.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 22 July 2024
• The founder and namesake brand director got her start in New York.
  — Roxanne Robinson, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
• But the surge has started to slow at its namesake banner.
  — Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2025
• Mentioned on Page 59 is Sara Lee Creech, my great-aunt and namesake.
  — Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Aug. 2021
• Animal lovers can stop by the Big Bear Alpine Zoo to get an up-close look at the lake's namesake.
  — Megan Marples, CNN, 3 Feb. 2022
• That same year, Rare even became the namesake of her beauty brand.
  — Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 21 June 2021
• The vision was to make bourbon loosely like the distillery's namesake did in the late 1700s.
  — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 6 June 2022
• Bird-of-paradise plants don't have to be at home in the tropics to produce their namesake spiky blooms.
  — Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 3 Sep. 2023
• The tribute band will be sure to play its namesake tune, since this is the 50th anniversary for the album.
  — Joan Rusek, cleveland, 3 Aug. 2023
• The other is his need to channel the unending grief over the death in 1997 of his daughter Wendy Moore, the namesake of the park and the new bridge.
  — Steven Litt, cleveland, 21 June 2021
• Each program at the Crane House is connected back to its namesake, the crane.
  — The Courier-Journal, 10 Aug. 2022
• The park’s namesake is the 360-acre Devil’s Lake, which is shaped like a butternut squash.
  — Chelsey Lewis, Journal Sentinel, 7 July 2022
• One of the young doctors and the show’s namesake, Meredith Grey, is the daughter of a famous surgeon.
  — al, 6 Oct. 2022
• Matthew Chiu is the namesake and co-owner of Matt Bakes, a micro bakery.
  — Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2024
• Most days of the week, Trump begins with 9 a.m. tee times at his namesake golf course 15 minutes from his home.
  — Gabby Orr, CNN, 28 Apr. 2021
• He's spent the past 11 years seeking justice for his namesake.
  — Michelle Miller, CBS News, 17 July 2021