Sentence examples for a distinguished personage from inspiring English sources

On the contrary, at that time he was being "rehabilitated" and soon was treated as a distinguished personage, given a villa, a soft job and a salary greater than that of the Prime Minister of Hungary.

In 1825 the first of his essays, that on John Milton, published in The Edinburgh Review, brought him immediate fame and the chance to display his social gifts on a wider stage; he was courted and admired by the most distinguished personages of the day.

Most usu. of gods, kings, or other distinguished personages.

He has, however, been honoured by the calls of many distinguished personages, including the leading members of the Cabinet; the Earl of Aberdeen, as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, wrote to the Regent, on Friday evening, to signify it was her Majesty's pleasure that his Highness would have an audience with the Queen, at three o'clock on Saturday afternoon, at Windsor Castle.

The Adamses, John and John Quincy, were a wash: distinguished personages but poor Presidents.

A distinguished NYC attorney.

A distinguished fiction writer.

This was a distinguished performance.

Happer is a distinguished academic".

This is a distinguished opposition.

I had become a distinguished person.