How to Use eminent in a Sentence

eminent

adjective

• Girls are not eminent to take care of themselves at night.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 29 Aug. 2022
• If there’s a pre-eminent scholar of beer, the author is it.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 7 Dec. 2020
• Cornel West is among the eminent thinkers and voices of our time.
  — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 5 June 2023
• The British pound was once the world’s pre-eminent currency.
  — Chelsey Dulaney, WSJ, 4 Sep. 2022
• But that’s only the start of the state’s smash-’n’-grab approach to the use of eminent-domain power.
  — Walter Olson, WSJ, 24 Mar. 2019
• On the other hand, the most rude and barbarous of the Whites ... have still something eminent about them.
  — Ezra Klein, Vox, 27 Mar. 2018
• Some sort of eminent scientist turns up in a single short scene shot in a basement.
  — Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 4 Feb. 2022
• Even some of the most eminent individuals have erred in this way.
  — Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 14 Feb. 2023
• Darwin's nemesis was the eminent physicist Lord Kelvin and the weapon used against him was the age of the Earth.
  — Mano Singham, Scientific American, 5 Sep. 2021
• Soleimani, the world’s pre-eminent sponsor of terrorism, is now dead.
  — Tom Benning, Dallas News, 3 Jan. 2020
• For decades during the Cold War, the pre-eminent threats seemed to come from Europe.
  — New York Times, 14 Apr. 2021
• The new school will be headed by eminent names in the field of biology and technology.
  — Manavi Kapur, Quartz India, 18 Feb. 2020
• Keep in mind Russia is the world’s pre-eminent Eurasian land power.
  — Keith Gessen, New York Times, 8 May 2018
• Darwin's nemesis was the eminent physicist Lord Kelvin, and the weapon used against him was the age of the Earth.
  — Mano Singham, Scientific American, 5 Sep. 2021
• Also, Freeney was never the pre-eminent pass-rusher of his era.
  — Jim Ayello, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Jan. 2023
• Sanders and Shepp aren’t the only eminent jazzmen making vital statements this year.
  — Hank Shteamer, Rolling Stone, 24 Mar. 2021
• Such eminent-domain lawsuits can take years to complete.
  — Michelle Hackman, WSJ, 11 June 2021
• Once the governor signed off on this bill, the old Wild West concept of eminent domain would come back.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 9 Aug. 2017
• Still, Plath, perhaps our pre-eminent artist of the melancholy, offers a rare gesture of hope.
  — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2020
• All of which adds up to Paramount being the pre-eminent home to, and producers of, the world’s greatest content.
  — Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2022
• In one case, the pre-eminent vaccine company Merck got on board.
  — New York Times, 23 Dec. 2021
• In keeping with the area's rich cultural history, each of the rooms is themed around an eminent local figure.
  — Rebecca Rose, Travel + Leisure, 24 Sep. 2021
• Our goal is for this to be an international and pre-eminent global forum.
  — Zenger News, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2023
• This formidable woman is a person of crucial interest in the script, played by one of the pre-eminent actors of our time.
  — Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 16 Dec. 2021
• One such was Dale Clevenger, the eminent French hornist.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 12 Jan. 2022
• Pauling did a lot of groundbreaking physics and became the world’s eminent scientist.
  — The Atlantic, 17 June 2020
• America, for Obama, was the pre-eminent world power and didn’t need to prove its strength every day.
  — Andrew Sullivan, Daily Intelligencer, 18 Aug. 2017
• Perhaps for the first time, the filmmaker approached very eminent historians for help.
  — Manimugdha S Sharma, Quartz India, 20 Oct. 2019
• But such schemes will not be easy to devise as long as America is the world’s pre-eminent financial centre.
  — The Economist, 28 Nov. 2019
• Christian influence was ascendant even as eminent pagans fought to uphold the old ways.
  — Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic, 9 June 2020

Last Updated: 23 Apr 2024