Sentence examples for Quite renowned from inspiring English sources

I'm quite renowned for backing away to square leg and squealing if there is a faster bowler.

Maybe it was because, among Europeans, the clubbing scene in Istanbul is quite renowned.

I am Parisian and we are quite renowned for being chic and trendy.

But Maher is not quite as renowned as the comedian some people assumed would invest in the Mets: Jerry Seinfeld, whose wealth and love of the Mets are considerable.

It's quite… renowned that there have been a lot of problems.

Known as "the Choirboy" for the boyish good looks that he never quite lost, Swinburn was renowned for his almost magical ability to settle a horse in the early stages of a race – "the best hands in racing".

He is, he cheerfully concedes, quite an unusual character, renowned for twiddling a plastic drinking straw on account of having what he calls an "overactive gene", which can sometimes make him look "a bit insane".

The actual numbers reported suggested that on quite a few campuses, again including some of the most renowned, the figure was quite a bit higher, exceeding one in three.

Your music, particularly on the Sexuality album, is renowned for being quite raunchy.

It took over 11 minutes, which is something of a record for me, because I am renowned for being quite quick.

Over the next few days you continue south, passing through vineyards towards the snowy peaks, on one day carrying an overnight bag as the hotel – the renowned Schwarzhorn – is quite isolated.