Sentence examples for earned prominence from inspiring English sources

Cloaked in deception and secrecy, it has earned prominence on lists of moral prohibitions and is understood as more than a sin; in divorce courts it is a crime.

If we don't come together as a people to address problems that weigh us all down, problems that have earned prominence in certain communities but compromise the state of our country, then we fail.

But it was Mr. Bennet's position as public schools chief that earned him prominence.

Blending elements of art and nature, the work of the landscape architect Leandro Silva Delgado has also earned international prominence.

In 1973 he published, with Jerome Agel, The Cosmic Connection: An Extraterrestrial Perspective, which earned him prominence as a popular science writer.

Mr. Iyer, 40, has already earned a prominence beyond the typical reach of the avant-garde, partly by engaging seriously with aspects of a larger culture.

I think you can hear us!" shouted Mr. Carrión, the Bronx councilman whose 40-day incarceration had earned him prominence on the stage.

11, thekitchen.org; $15. (Anderson) Kobi Peretz (Saturday and Sunday) This Israeli dance star earned his prominence in the Mizrahi style of singing, a Hebrew- and Arabic-language hybrid of European, Middle Eastern and North African musicality.

Soon after he joined the University of Chicago in 1964, he founded the Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, a new-music group that earned national prominence for its performances of the full range of contemporary styles, including those that Mr. Shapey didn't like much but considered important.

While Brill's Content shuts its doors, Inside.com, the Web site whose aggressive and sassy coverage of the media industry quickly earned it prominence when it started in the spring of 2000, will lose its dedicated reporting staff and will be remade into a portal for the articles of its owner, Primedia.

A League Of Their Own (1992)- Tom and Penny Marshall reunite in this colorful tale of an all-women baseball league that earned particular prominence during World War 2. Tom is the drunken manager of one team, and he brings both humor and pathos to what was an unusual role for him.