Sentence examples for earned celebrity from inspiring English sources

But it was a year earlier that Farrelly earned celebrity status.

A soldier-scholar known for his intellect and almost ascetic self-discipline, Mr. Petraeus earned celebrity status for a counterinsurgency strategy that helped turn around the war in Iraq, and for applying that doctrine — which he had helped devise — in Afghanistan after Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal was fired by President Obama.

He earned celebrity status in May 2003 when his Miss Ko2 (pronounced "ko ko")—a life-size fibreglass sculpture of a large-breasted blonde waitress in a petite uniform was auctioned in New York City for $567,500; the price set a record for a work by a contemporary Japanese artist.

Since then he has quickly earned celebrity status in Norway, where people are fascinated by the rags-to-riches story of a man who lived on the streets for many years and lived a hedonistic lifestyle.

The Democrat has earned celebrity endorsements and been profiled multiple times by national media outlets; he's famously campaigned in all 254 Texas counties.

Friends said that she withdrew into herself and shunned all opportunities to earn celebrity from her wartime experiences.

The tabloids can print any amount of titillating rubbish about the average member of the public, but unless they earn celebrity wages there isn't a damn thing they will be able to do about it.

Numerous Grammy Award-winning albums, a flurry of high-profile collaborations, and a diversified portfolio of investments placed the pair at the top of the charts and guaranteed them the top spot on the list of highest earning celebrity couples three years in a row.

As a "local" of Jaffa Port, I quickly learned the art and benefits of earning celebrity status at Abu Hassan (a.k.a. Ali Karavan), the best humous maker in Israel.

In 2014, Forbes listed them the second-highest earning celebrities under 30, with the group earning an estimated $75 million from June 2013 to June 2014.

Carlsen's success has earned him celebrity status in Norway, where he lives with his family outside Oslo.