fame

[feɪm]

Definition:
1. Favorable public reputation.
2. The state of being known and talked about by many people.

Use 'fame' in a sentence:

• 1. The city is famed for its outdoor restaurants.
• 2. Some people want fame or riches — I just wanted a baby.
• 3. Many people hunt after fame in their lives but never find it.
• 4. "Fame, fame, that glittering bauble, it is mine," he cried.
• 5. She is a woman of ill fame.
• 6. He was on the cusp between small acting roles and moderate fame.
• 7. She is hoping her US debut will be the first step on the road to fame and fortune.
• 8. His main claim to fame is that he went to school with the Prime Minister.
• 9. One of the penalties of fame is loss of privacy.
• 10. He is a man of ill fame.
• 11. She's seeking fame in the world of television.
• 12. One's fame has spread far and wide.
• 13. Mao's fame surpassed well beyond the limits of China.
• 14. After this concert she was firmly on the road to fame and fortune.
• 15. Fame can be a two-edged sword.
• 16. His fame spread far and wide.
• 17. She went to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune.
• 18. He was in the middle of his tenure as Oxford Professor of Poetry and at the height of his fame.
• 19. He got a fine fame for being generous with his money to help others.
• 20. She went to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune .
• 21. He was dazzled by fame.
• 22. I don't go after fame or money.
• 23. For me, fame is like rocket fuel.
• 24. She's got beauty, wealth, and fame, and we still can't find anyone with a bad word to say about her.
• 25. The film earned him international fame.
• 26. Her fame was bought at the expense of her marriage.
• 27. In 2001, Alden had both fame and wealth.
• 28. Honda won fame in the 1980s as the little car company that humbled the industry giants.
• 29. At the height of his fame, his every word was valued.
• 30. He never reaches after personal fame and gain.
• 31. He is mad for fame.
• 32. Daniel Radcliffe roketed to fame in the film Harry Potter.
• 33. Fame is often simply a matter of being in the right place at the right time.
• 34. After ten years'hard study noticed by none, his fame fills the land once honours are won.
• 35. Shelley's fame had spread in the walls of the college.
• 36. The British are not famed for their philosophy and tend to be more practically minded.
• 37. The reformer's fame spread all over the country.
• 38. Fame comes at a price.
• 39. Nichols was recognized by the Hall of Fame in 1949.
• 40. He had hankered after fame all his life.
• 41. Fame hasn't torn her away from her beloved Liverpool.
• 42. But a hero goes beyond mere fame.
• 43. Some people hunger for fame and fortune while some others pursue happiness.
• 44. The city essentially owes its fame and beauty to the Moors who transformed it into the Muslim capital of Spain.
• 45. He needs no trappings of fame.
• 46. After ten years' hard study noticed by none, his fame fills the land once honours are won.
• 47. We shouldn't seek after comfort, personal fame , or gain.
• 48. His fame as a poet did not come until after his death.
• 49. Fame can be a shortcut to love and money.
• 50. His fame spread throughout the country.
• 51. The book charts her rise to fame as an actress.
• 52. For him fame does not count for much.
• 53. Alina Reyes shot to fame a few years ago with her extraordinary first novel.
• 54. He claims he is not really interested in fame.
• 55. Vivienne Westwood has scaled the heights of fashion's hall of fame.
• 56. Fame for them becomes the goal.
• 57. Her intellect is famed far and wide.
• 58. Even my love of literary fame, my ruling passion, never soured my temper.
• 59. Many people are bedazzled by fame.
• 60. The Shetlands are famed for their colonies of sea birds.
• 61. The town's only claim to fame is that there was once a riot there.
• 62. He was willing to sacrifice his happiness on the altar of fame.
• 63. Fame is a great thirst of the young.
• 64. Such roles are small beer compared with the fame she once enjoyed.
• 65. Fame hasn't really changed him.
• 66. Our monitor gains fame for being generous with his money to help others.
• 67. Fame brought her nothing but misery.
• 68. He didn't have any fame, even in his own village.