How to Use namesake in a Sentence

namesake

noun

• But by the 1970s, the sign and its namesake were again in bad shape.
  — Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
• The namesake restaurant and bar will be there to whip up all your favorites.
  — Dana Givens, Robb Report, 11 Jan. 2023
• Tom Ford left his namesake brand a little more than a year ago.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 22 July 2024
• Bird-of-paradise plants don't have to be at home in the tropics to produce their namesake spiky blooms.
  — Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 3 Sep. 2023
• The tribute band will be sure to play its namesake tune, since this is the 50th anniversary for the album.
  — Joan Rusek, cleveland, 3 Aug. 2023
• Matthew Chiu is the namesake and co-owner of Matt Bakes, a micro bakery.
  — Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2024
• The teams practiced and trained in the Arlington, Texas, area, then traveled to play true home games in their namesake cities.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 13 May 2023
• The value of bitcoin ETFs is tethered to the price of their namesake currency.
  — Aaron Gregg, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2024
• The debut episode on Feb. 16 featured George Hauer, founder and namesake of George’s restaurant.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Apr. 2024
• One thing isn’t in doubt: Stallings is rooting for his namesake, now more than ever.
  — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2023
• One part was brought to its namesake city in Spain; the other was delivered to the Vatican.
  — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 26 May 2023
• Isa launched her namesake brand in 2013 and is Manhattan-based.
  — People Editors, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2023
• Giving the powerful monologue that’s at the heart of the movie to Gloria, rather than the film’s namesake, felt more earned, Gerwig told The Times.
  — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2023
• The director still keeps in touch with Johnson, but the namesake of the documentary hasn’t seen the film yet.
  — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 21 June 2024
• Fans were clamoring for their favorite Daniel Bryan, one of the most gifted wrestlers on the planet, to win the event’s namesake.
  — Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 14 Jan. 2023
• Champlin, the bar’s namesake, was part of Andy Warhol’s circle, after all.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 17 Feb. 2023
• Daunt himself owns a namesake chain of nine local bookstores in Great Britain.
  — Byphil Wahba, Fortune, 11 Mar. 2024
• The crimson streaks under its wings give it the appearance of a cloak lined with red velvet — the same style as its namesake.
  — Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
• The new fund builds off this previous work with the original group as its namesake.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 30 May 2024
• Birth was Boston — not the erudite one but a namesake village in upstate New York.
  — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2024
• Despite their name, the bears come in a wide range of colors, from a golden brown through to a deep reddish one, as well as their namesake black.
  — Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 19 Jan. 2024
• Please stop this nonsense which seems to be a specialty of Christian who should live up to his namesake.
  — Christian Schneider, National Review, 2 Nov. 2023
• Later in the podcast, Kotb asked Midler if her mother lived long enough to see her rise to fame akin to her namesake.
  — Raven Brunner, Peoplemag, 25 July 2024
• Swift has yet to comment on the group created in her namesake, or on the election itself.
  — Emily Chang, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2024
• The mini-whale’s rapid life cycle is reminiscent of the short life of King Tut, its namesake.
  — Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Aug. 2023
• The poster for the film shows its namesake with her dark hair tied back, standing in the doorway, peering out with a subtle, headstrong glance.
  — Holly Jones, Variety, 13 Aug. 2024
• His father and namesake, Chester, was one of 18 children in Oklahoma, the son of a restless man, who wasn’t around much.
  — Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 22 Dec. 2022
• Jalen Hurts, unfortunately, did not live up to the stature of his namesake.
  — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2023
• The postcard image was taken from aboard the state's namesake battleship which went to sea in 1912.
  — Ray Hanley, arkansasonline.com, 5 Sep. 2024
• Like its namesake in Istanbul, it was converted into a mosque by the Ottomans and retains many of the handsome frescoes and floor mosaics created by the early Christians.
  — Joe Yogerst, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024