How to Use renown in a Sentence

renown

noun

• He achieved great renown for his discoveries.
• Her photographs have earned her international renown.
• In old Batumi, the main streets lead to the port — hence its renown as a city that looks at the sea.
  — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 15 May 2022
• The 1957 post-and-beam house was out of the ordinary, even in an era renown for breaking the rules.
  — oregonlive, 19 Sep. 2021
• There were very old trees on the grounds, and benches designed by artists of some renown.
  — Marie Ndiaye, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
• Actors who’ve achieved renown can grow leery of taking on a new play.
  — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2023
• The Gawain of The Green Knight longs for honor and renown, and hopes his quest will be the thing that transforms him into a legendary knight.
  — Nate Jones, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2021
• This is a screenshot from Blade Buster, a circa-2010 homebrew title of some small renown.
  — Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 9 Dec. 2021
• Her work earned her renown in a field that was—and still is—dominated by men.
  — Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Mar. 2023
• Pesce’s renown continued to grow in the States, as did his commissions.
  — Matthew Schneier, Curbed, 14 Sep. 2021
• Schwartz was a middle-distance runner of some renown in his youth.
  — Llewellyn King, Forbes, 1 May 2022
• In the past year, as his renown has increased, Dylan has become more elusive.
  — Mick Stevens, The New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2021
• As Nesbit’s wealth and literary celebrity grew, so did the Blands’ renown as hosts.
  — Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2022
• Yet even as her renown has grown, the storm over The Dinner Party has tended to obscure her other work.
  — Jo Livingstone, The New Republic, 17 Sep. 2021
• Acts like Clipse and Young Jeezy took off on the site, and their careers rocketed to national renown.
  — August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2023
• Matthew Slotover and Amanda Sharp achieved art-world renown, the British couple dreamed of starting a restaurant.
  — New York Times, 11 Nov. 2021
• Some athletes have already begun making plans to cash in on their renown.
  — New York Times, 28 June 2021
• For its part, Rolls-Royce won’t divulge who commissioned the car, but did say that the drop-top’s owner is a person of at least some renown.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 2 June 2021
• Oak was a pitcher of some renown himself by then as a right-hander for the University of Wisconsin in the mid-1960s.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2021
• Then there’s the star behind the Indian flavors on the menu: chef Vikram Sunderam of Rasika renown.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2022
• In early 2021, the demands of Harris’s still fairly young renown finally called him back to New York.
  — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
• Among the dignitaries on hand was perhaps the only other athlete whose renown spanned the globe — Muhammad Ali.
  — Tim Booth, ajc, 7 June 2023
• Williams began her career in radio and gained renown for her role as a shock jock on New York’s Hot 97 radio station.
  — Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2022
• The 29-year-old’s renown only seems to grow bigger and brighter as his albums continue to expand into new zones of rhythm and rhyme.
  — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2024
• Her daughter, Susan Kikuchi, won renown of her own as a Graham dancer and revivalist.
  — William McDonald, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2022
• This warm fragrance is a product of the warm personality of David Dobrik of YouTube renown.
  — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Dec. 2022
• Jeff Bird gained some renown last March when Thompson acknowledged him in a news conference.
  — Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Jan. 2022
• Games in Atlanta were broadcast in Milwaukee on radio in 1966, with renown broadcaster Mel Allen on the call.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2021
• The chance to pursue that reform came in 1906, when Montessori, now an educator of some renown, gained the backing of a group of Roman financiers.
  — Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2022
• The tasting also won Mr. Grgich lasting respect and renown.
  — Eric Asimov, New York Times, 16 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 25 Oct 2024