Sentence examples for acclaimed figures from inspiring English sources

TV economists, blogging clerics, even internationally acclaimed figures like the film maker Jafar Panahi have been jailed.

Acclaimed figures in a discipline that claims to be scientific hailed a "great moderation" of market volatility in the runup to an explosion of unprecedented volatility.

Take Andrea Pirlo, who is among the most acclaimed figures at this competition.

Perfect timing, then, for a biography of one of the most influential, yet least acclaimed, figures from the period: Frances Perkins, Franklin Delano Roosevelt's secretary of labour.As America's first female cabinet secretary, Perkins masterminded the introduction of unemployment insurance and Social Security (public pensions), with crucial ramifications.

Although Lumumba's address was acclaimed by figures such as Malcolm X, it nearly provoked a diplomatic incident with Belgium; even some Congolese politicians perceived it as unnecessarily provocative.

Acclaimed the biggest sporting figure in the world at his peak, Nurmi was averse to publicity and the media, stating later on his 75th birthday, "[W]orldly fame and reputation are worth less than a rotten lingonberry".

Christopher Bowman, a two-time United States figure skating champion acclaimed as a stylish, crowd-pleasing performer despite a long struggle with drug abuse, was found dead Thursday in North Hills, Calif., near Los Angeles.

History has conspired to make Salman Rushdie stand head and shoulders over the rest as a symbolic figure, though he was already acclaimed as a literary giant before the ayatollah's fatwa.

And since the Netflix homepage doesn't offer an easy option to see the "best" and "most critically acclaimed" movies it has to offer, I figured making such a list would be valuable.

Figures such as Daidō Moriyama, Shōmei Tōmatsu, and Miyako Ishiuchi have long been acclaimed for their bold uses of the form.

But Mr. Loueke's album, though widely acclaimed, has sold just 6,000 copies — and that figure is on the high side for a jazz release.