Sentence examples for earned prestige from inspiring English sources

Because Hester Thrale earned prestige as Johnson's confidante (her own book about Johnson was a best-seller after his death), Queeney goes after Johnson, too: his table manners are disgusting, his demands for Hester's attention excessive, and there is frequently a "strong odor about his person".

The messenger who first relates a rumour earns prestige by doing so.

It has also provided a means of social advancement, where men from poor families can earn prestige and join the upper middle class.

To make more money and earn prestige, Ashenfelter noted, the good winemakers need to shift the attitude of tastemakers (critics, sommeliers, distributors) about New Jersey wines.

"Insecure at home and in fierce competition with Egypt and Jordan," Oren writes, "Syria's rulers had tried to earn prestige by picking fights with Israel".

Once snippets, articles and pages of books become ubiquitous, shuffle-able and transferable, users will earn prestige and perhaps income for curating an excellent collection.

We have lost sight of that because scientific publication through journals has become more about earning prestige points to advance your career than communicating new findings.

It just evicted Israel from Lebanon, and has earned enormous prestige from that.

Though his work is more respected than loved, his refusal to compromise has earned him prestige among younger musicians.

Charlie earned lasting prestige within IBM and was credited with finding an unlikely yet extremely high-potential data security solution.

It was Obama, with his caucuses of rappers in the White House, who accelerated the conclusion that hip-hop had earned a prestige as a great American art.