How to Use renown in a Sentence

renown

1 of 2 noun

• He achieved great renown for his discoveries.
• Her photographs have earned her international renown.
• In old Batumi, the main streets lead to the port — hence its renown as a city that looks at the sea.
  — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 15 May 2022
• The 1957 post-and-beam house was out of the ordinary, even in an era renown for breaking the rules.
  — oregonlive, 19 Sep. 2021
• There were very old trees on the grounds, and benches designed by artists of some renown.
  — Marie Ndiaye, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
• Actors who’ve achieved renown can grow leery of taking on a new play.
  — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2023
• The Gawain of The Green Knight longs for honor and renown, and hopes his quest will be the thing that transforms him into a legendary knight.
  — Nate Jones, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2021
• This is a screenshot from Blade Buster, a circa-2010 homebrew title of some small renown.
  — Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 9 Dec. 2021
• Her work earned her renown in a field that was—and still is—dominated by men.
  — Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Mar. 2023
• Pesce’s renown continued to grow in the States, as did his commissions.
  — Matthew Schneier, Curbed, 14 Sep. 2021
• Schwartz was a middle-distance runner of some renown in his youth.
  — Llewellyn King, Forbes, 1 May 2022
• In the past year, as his renown has increased, Dylan has become more elusive.
  — Mick Stevens, The New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2021
• As Nesbit’s wealth and literary celebrity grew, so did the Blands’ renown as hosts.
  — Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2022
• Yet even as her renown has grown, the storm over The Dinner Party has tended to obscure her other work.
  — Jo Livingstone, The New Republic, 17 Sep. 2021
• Acts like Clipse and Young Jeezy took off on the site, and their careers rocketed to national renown.
  — August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2023
• Matthew Slotover and Amanda Sharp achieved art-world renown, the British couple dreamed of starting a restaurant.
  — New York Times, 11 Nov. 2021
• Some athletes have already begun making plans to cash in on their renown.
  — New York Times, 28 June 2021
• For its part, Rolls-Royce won’t divulge who commissioned the car, but did say that the drop-top’s owner is a person of at least some renown.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 2 June 2021
• Oak was a pitcher of some renown himself by then as a right-hander for the University of Wisconsin in the mid-1960s.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2021
• Then there’s the star behind the Indian flavors on the menu: chef Vikram Sunderam of Rasika renown.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2022
• In early 2021, the demands of Harris’s still fairly young renown finally called him back to New York.
  — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
• Among the dignitaries on hand was perhaps the only other athlete whose renown spanned the globe — Muhammad Ali.
  — Tim Booth, ajc, 7 June 2023
• Williams began her career in radio and gained renown for her role as a shock jock on New York’s Hot 97 radio station.
  — Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2022
• The 29-year-old’s renown only seems to grow bigger and brighter as his albums continue to expand into new zones of rhythm and rhyme.
  — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2024
• Her daughter, Susan Kikuchi, won renown of her own as a Graham dancer and revivalist.
  — William McDonald, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2022
• This warm fragrance is a product of the warm personality of David Dobrik of YouTube renown.
  — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Dec. 2022
• Jeff Bird gained some renown last March when Thompson acknowledged him in a news conference.
  — Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Jan. 2022
• Games in Atlanta were broadcast in Milwaukee on radio in 1966, with renown broadcaster Mel Allen on the call.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2021
• The chance to pursue that reform came in 1906, when Montessori, now an educator of some renown, gained the backing of a group of Roman financiers.
  — Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2022
• Unlike the rest of the Factory coterie, who saw Warhol as either an inscrutable god or a ticket to wealth and renown — or both — Berlin didn’t seem to crave his approval.
  — New York Times, 18 June 2021

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renown

2 of 2 verb

• To have a home there, on the same playing field as chefs renowned around the globe.
  — Naomi Tomky, Fortune, 8 June 2019
• Once renowned as a city of progress, Hong Kong is now known as a city of protest.
  — The Economist, 5 Dec. 2019
• Kusak Cut Glass Works is world-renowned for its hand-cut glass and crystal stemware.
  — Ellen M. Banner, The Seattle Times, 23 Apr. 2018
• Blink-182 are renowned for yukking it up on stage about farts and other fourth grade topics.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 4 May 2017
• And of course, there’s the marvelous—and affordable—local food and wine that Italy is renowned for.
  — Ann Lien, House Beautiful, 11 Sep. 2019
• Some of the areas most in favor of leaving the bloc in the 2016 vote were coastal towns once renowned for their fishing fleets.
  — Alex Morales, Bloomberg.com, 1 July 2017
• DeRozan has never been renowned as a defender, and has struggled in that area with the Spurs as well.
  — Jeff McDonald, ExpressNews.com, 24 Mar. 2020
• Most of David Fincher's films aren't renowned for their visual effects.
  — Sophie Weiner, Popular Mechanics, 27 May 2017
• The first player renowned for playing in the role under his guidance was Adolf Stelzer.
  — SI.com, 13 Feb. 2018
• Most of David Fincher's films aren't renowned for their visual effects.
  — Sophie Weiner, Popular Mechanics, 27 May 2017
• There's not much left to say about Klopp's 'heavy metal football' as his style is, pretty much, world-renowned at this point.
  — SI.com, 8 Sep. 2019
• The world renowned forward has tallied two goals and three assists in six appearances this season.
  — Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive.com, 8 Aug. 2019
• Not far from the camp is Etosha National Park, a world-renowned, protected wildlife area in north-central Namibia.
  — Eric Vohr, Philly.com, 15 Sep. 2017
• In a league in which o-linemen are renowned for their brevity, Nelson, picked sixth overall in last month’s draft, will slide in seamlessly.
  — Zak Keefer, Indianapolis Star, 11 May 2018
• The couple had tasted and fallen in love with his wines, which were renowned and widely available on Pellestrina, but nowhere in the United States.
  — Dave Eckert, kansascity, 11 Jan. 2018
• A prep standout in tennis, the 6-foot 2-inch Elliott was renowned nationally for a booming serve and a scorching stroke.
  — Carl Prine, sandiegouniontribune.com, 12 July 2017
• Along with a stiff upper lip, a deep-rooted dependence on tea, and endless small talk about the weather, the British are renowned for their distinctive sense of style.
  — Shane C. Kurup, Esquire, 7 June 2017
• The Bowron Lake Canoe Circuit is world-renowned among paddlers, connecting 72 miles of lakes, waterways, and portages through the wilderness.
  — Popular Science, 1 Jan. 2020
• Toward the end of the century, Wilson achieved renown in the newly ascendant field of ecology.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Oct. 2021
• Tel, Aviv, the coastal city in Israel, is world-renown for its nightlife, beautiful beaches, and having more Bauhaus-style buildings than any other city.
  — Tre'vaughn Howard, CBS News, 2 July 2022
• Three years in, the industry purges have sparked mass layoffs, hollowing out companies that were once world-renowned.
  — Nick Miroff, Washington Post, 19 June 2017
• That said, all play and no worried work from an emcee renowned for such leaves Bobby Tarantino II lacking for heft and dynamic oomph.
  — Philly.com, 29 Mar. 2018
• And fittingly, in a state renowned as a center of African-American commerce and culture, Georgia.
  — Ben Abramson, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2018
• Cos Bar was founded in 1976 and is renown for leading with beauty innovations.
  — Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes, 2 Sep. 2021
• The Premier League is becoming renowned for tricky wingers with a low centre of gravity, and strikers with pace and skill who can run in behind defences.
  — SI.com, 1 Sep. 2019
• After finishing a buffet lunch on deck and mooring at Fragnes, we were driven to Beaune, the busy, historic walled city renowned as a hub for winemakers (and drinkers).
  — Jo Rodgers, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 July 2019
• As a senator, Dole was renowned for his ability to compromise.
  — James Whitlow, kansascity, 17 Jan. 2018
• Two generations of the Hontzas family ran it and began marketing the restaurant‘s renowned slaw dressing.
  — Eric Velasco, al, 12 Mar. 2020
• At a university renowned for basketball, the Hoosiers played the season as a tournament: survive and advance.
  — David Woods, Indianapolis Star, 26 Oct. 2017
• KemperSports is renown for its expertise from the high-end resorts to municipal golf courses and lots of things in-between.
  — Myrna Petlicki, chicagotribune.com, 8 Mar. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024