legend

[ˈledʒənd]

Definition:
1. A story from ancient times about people and events, that may or may not be true; this type of story.
2. A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events.
3. Brief description accompanying an illustration.

Use 'legend' in a sentence:

1. They know scholars reject their legend, but they still cling to their belief.
2. Marlon Brando, Steve McQueen, and James Dean are now legends of the silver screen.
3. Legend has it that it was Lei Tzu, wife of the Yellow Emperor, ruler of China in about 3000 BC, who discovered silkworms.
4. W: Li Jian? The man who sang Legend? What kind of songs does he sing?
5. Even today, says the legend, the girls can be seen above the towering rock, as seven shining stars in the night sky.
6. She was a legend in her own lifetime.
7. According to Chinese legends, zhougong can interpret dreams.
8. Legend has it that the lake was formed by the tears of a god.
9. Sir Alexander Fleming did not, as legend would have it, look at the mold on a piece of cheese and get the idea for penicillin there and then.
10. Although incomplete, it still made Xu a travelling legend around the world.
11. At any rate they have nothing to do with the extraverted Whitman of legend.
12. I guess his looks, his acting ability, his short life, and maybe the type of character he played in his movies made him the legend he still is today.
13. We did not know how much danger we were truly in until we learned the truth behind the unfortunate death of music legend Michael Jackson.
14. In Andean popular legend, the Pishtaco attacks wayfarers and slices off their fat, a terrifying fate in a culture that traditionally celebrates rotundity.
15. The play was based on Irish legend.
16. One interesting and mysterious thing about Shengnongjia is its legend of wild men.
17. He could not possibly have been poisoned as popular legend has it.
18. The Loch Ness Monster is a famous legend.
19. Chinese legend says that people born in the Year of the Sheep have a difficult life.
20. Small wonder that an Indian legend described Devils Tower as being formed by supernatural powers.
21. His frequent brushes with death are the stuff of legend among the press.
22. This oriental legend is fascinating.
23. Through the ages, these legends have acquired an element of mystery and wonder.
24. A legend about a monster.
25. They drew the material of their plays chiefly from myths and legends.
26. "There's an ancient legend that as long as these eggs are made, evil will not prevail in the world," says Joan Brander, a Canadian egg-painter who has been painting eggs for over 60 years, having learned the art from her Ukrainian relatives.
27. The course is about fable and legend in modern literature.
28. According to legend, this is where Kong Ming prayed for wind.
29. Legend has it that the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival is to recall the soul of Qu Yuan.
30. Oedipus, according to ancient Greek legend, killed his father and committed incest with his mother.
31. They began as a modestly successful musician group and ended the year as show business legends ．
32. The first story about a monster in Loch Ness was told over 500 years ago, but the legend of the monster spread widely only in the twenties century.
33. He was a colossus, a legend.
34. The legend goes ( or can be traced) back to remote antiquity.
35. Most graphs have a few basic parts: a caption or introduction paragraph, a title, a legend or key, and labeled axes.
36. Many of golf's living legends were playing.
37. He has become a legend in the annals of military history.
38. To many, a legend must be a story, with characters and some sort of plot.
39. Legend has it that Alfred laid its foundations at the end of the ninth century.
40. The legend says that when seven girls were attacked by bears, they took refuge on top of a small rock, and they appealed to the Rock God for help.
41. This legend is about Jesus' childhood.
42. Legend has it that the whole village had been cursed by a witch.
43. Unlikely and fantastic legends grew up around a great many figures, both real and fictitious.
44. This oriental legend is really fascinating.
45. Service stations came with the motorway and the legend of the transport café was born.
46. The incident has since become a family legend.
47. So what made him the legend he still is today?
48. Massachusetts, were, according to legend, heard around the world.
49. The castle is steeped in history and legend.
50. A pie graph might include a legend, or it might use icons or labels within each slice.
51. You're turning into a legend, man.
52. It may be history, it may be only a legend, a tradition.
53. It is difficult to separate legend from truth.
54. Older legends say that Merlin raised the stones by magic.