How to Use prominence in a Sentence

prominence

noun

• The publicity has given him a prominence he doesn't deserve.
• The company rose to prominence in the 1990s.
• Hill first rose to prominence as a member of the influential group the Fugees in the 1990s.
  — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 22 June 2023
• He’s the piece expected to lead them back to prominence.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 7 Dec. 2022
• Place your fingers on either side of that prominence, just above the notch at the base of the neck, and swallow.
  — Christine Coppa, Health, 15 Mar. 2023
• First came Taiwan, and then by the 1990s, China rose to prominence.
  — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 6 June 2024
• Simmons rose to prominence in the 1980s with his series of Sweatin' to the Oldies aerobics videos.
  — Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 17 Jan. 2024
• The rise to prominence has stunned even the generational talent at the center of it all.
  — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2024
• Balloons' rise to global prominence got a lift starting in the past few years.
  — Ellen Knickmeyer, Chron, 18 Feb. 2023
• Balloons’ rise to global prominence got a lift starting in the past few years.
  — Ellen Knickmeyer, al, 18 Feb. 2023
• The Culinary’s canvassing efforts are part of a get-out-the-vote machine that grew to prominence in the late 2000s.
  — Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2022
• Each of them had gradually come to prominence in the mid-to-late ’80s, but the ’90s were their prime, and no one could resist their charms.
  — José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2023
• Diana’s rise to prominence during the 1980s meant embracing some of the decade’s key trends.
  — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 1 July 2024
• Kvitka is one of scores of new Ukrainian artists who have risen to prominence since the invasion.
  — Kostiantyn Khudov, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2023
• The group rose to prominence during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
  — Peter Aitken, Fox News, 20 Jan. 2023
• Well established in hip hop, Nomore rose to prominence as an artist on the Oakland music scene.
  — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 23 June 2023
• In some parts of the world, cabbage is the menu equivalent of the potato’s place of prominence on the plates of U.S. as the frequent consumption preferred side.
  — Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2023
• That means the heat and rock in the mantle have the influence on the motion of tectonic plates, giving less prominence to the molten layer.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 8 Feb. 2023
• Over the past five years, Indigenous artists have gained global prominence.
  — Travis Diehl, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2023
• The hiring of Peterman provides the Bullfrogs a fresh start and could propel Lake Worth back to prominence.
  — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Apr. 2024
• The custom sneaker design savant has rose to prominence over the last decade as one of the most prolific cobblers in the world.
  — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 5 Sep. 2024
• The two-and-a-half minute clip is driven by Tom Hardy’s Johnny, the tough guy founder of the biker gang, and establishes how the Vandals rose to prominence.
  — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 29 Feb. 2024
• The blueberries give the blueberry doughnut a feel of freshness and respite from the sugary prominence.
  — Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 7 Sep. 2023
• In the early ‘90s, the talent manager rose to prominence by forming some of the biggest boy bands in pop music.
  — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 24 July 2024
• The pair’s groundbreaking presence went on to shape a second wave of designers, all of whom rose to prominence in the mid- to late-’00s and whose names might also come to mind.
  — Diana Tsui, harpersbazaar.com, 31 May 2023
• But Gaza’s sudden new prominence should hardly come as a surprise.
  — Jean-Pierre Filiu, Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2024
• The most gifted and versatile male jazz, funk, gospel, pop and soul-jazz singer to come to prominence in the past two decades, Porter is a musician for all seasons.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Aug. 2023
• Boards and conferences seek out the same handful of people to serve everywhere, taking them away from the work that gained them prominence in the first place.
  — J. Nathan Matias, WIRED, 26 Mar. 2023
• The brand came to prominence with the launch of its line array system in 1992, which is consider the first high-quality outdoor audio system.
  — Benny Har-Even, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024
• For all its prominence as a key battleground state, North Carolina hasn’t done much swinging in U.S. presidential elections.
  — Christopher A. Cooper, The Conversation, 23 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024