Sentence examples for a illustrious from inspiring English sources

Leeds United have a illustrious past and a strong fan base, being the only club in the city.

Liu Ge, a friend who is a partner at an illustrious Beijing law firm, likes to remind me of this.

He was a Scotsman from an illustrious clan of warriors & he bore a tradition of violence.

That bit of news may seem to some like an anticlimax, a frivolous cap to an illustrious science career.

Dr Leakey is a member of an illustrious palaeontological clan.

It was a connection to an illustrious family past.

Merriam-Webster defines a hero as "an illustrious warrior" or "one who shows great courage".

To require a memorabilia room, a university should have an illustrious history.

It has a rich culture and an illustrious past.

Mr. Feld, who was born in Brooklyn, had an illustrious career as a dancer himself.

It was wrong, he suggested, to reduce an illustrious history to a saga of household intrigues.