How to Use claim to fame in a Sentence

claim to fame

noun phrase

• Our family’s claim to fame is that Cesar Chavez had coffee at our table in Huron, Calif.
  — Cat Cardenas, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
• And that stands to reason, seeing as how the person in question is a professional wordsmith and performer whose claim to fame is as a speechwriter and podcaster.
  — EW.com, 17 Sep. 2024
• At the time, his greatest claim to fame was the size of his paycheck.
  — Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2023
• But Powell Jobs’ claim to fame isn’t just being the wife of the late and great Steve Jobs.
  — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2024
• The real claim to fame here is the library of 200-plus tequilas.
  — Deanne Revel, Southern Living, 14 Aug. 2024
• Reid is far from the only NFL pro with a claim to fame regarding the pair, though.
  — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 18 Oct. 2023
• This phone's claim to fame is having two periscope camera lenses on the back.
  — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 8 Jan. 2024
• In fact, this hot sauce's claim to fame is that it was used to invent Buffalo wings.
  — Jorie Nicole McDonald, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2023
• The species’ claim to fame is simple: The African wildcat is the ancestor of our beloved household pets.
  — Jonathan Losos, Discover Magazine, 10 Aug. 2023
• Its claim to fame, O’Brien said, is its choice of fabrics, which offer comfort at their core.
  — Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 5 Aug. 2024
• Filled with the typical taco fillings, this item’s claim to fame was the hard taco shell made with Cool Ranch Doritos chips.
  — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 13 Aug. 2023
• Qatar Airways Qatar Airways' claim to fame is its Qsuite business-class seats.
  — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 11 July 2023
• His claim to fame was that he was connected to many different groups.
  — Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 14 June 2024
• This small town went from a ghost town to a popular destination thanks to this claim to fame.
  — Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 20 May 2024
• View Photos Top speed may be the Diablo's big claim to fame, but this bull is most at home stampeding the twisties.
  — Frank Markus, Car and Driver, 1 Aug. 2023
• Of course, Perry’s biggest claim to fame will always be Chandler Bing.
  — Sarah Hepola, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2023
• Without question, his daughter, Raegan McGuire, has a greater claim to fame.
  — Brad Townsend, Dallas News, 11 July 2023
• Its claim to fame was a dubious breakthrough, sort of the down-market flip side to the Pentagon Papers.
  — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2023
• Vance’s first claim to fame may have been his rise from rags to riches, but Thiel was key to his political success.
  — Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY, 17 July 2024
• The 49ers made Moody a third-round draft pick to replace Robbie Gould, whose claim to fame was never missing a postseason kick.
  — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2024
• Sonos' big claim to fame was offering one of the first major wireless multi-room audio platforms, but the Ace isn't a part of it.
  — Will Greenwald, PCMAG, 21 May 2024
• But the property's claim to fame is its farm-to-table program that includes the first carbon-neutral farm in the country.
  — Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2023
• Naturally, such a claim to fame comes alive around Halloween.
  — Rose Marie Walano, Country Living, 14 June 2023
• Families also love Ocean City's claim to fame: salt water taffy.
  — Rose Marie Walano, Country Living, 9 Aug. 2023
• But if beer isn't your thing, their other claim to fame is the duck fat wilderfries ($9), which are seasoned with rosemary and thyme and served with an array of dipping sauces.
  — Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 26 July 2024
• Once heralded for asparagus farms and flower stands, Hadley — the town where Jamie Edwards works — has a new claim to fame in union elections.
  — Diti Kohli, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2023
• But his real claim to fame came in 2015 when he was asked to train the kitchen staff of a restaurant in Palau, an archipelago of islands in Micronesia.
  — Emily Blackwood, Peoplemag, 7 Oct. 2023
• For years, the park’s main claim to fame was the genuinely impressive 65-foot-tall Trojan Horse replica that towers over a go-kart track in the heart of the Wisconsin Dells strip.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 26 June 2024
• Their steaks were their claim to fame, specifically their secret marinade recipe.
  — David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 2 July 2023
• Though sci-fi remains her claim to fame, Russ, who died in 2011, published works of fantasy, drama, and criticism.
  — Ilana Masad, The Atlantic, 9 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024