Sentence examples for for illustrious from inspiring English sources

I have cared for illustrious people before.

In recent years, Erasmus has been known more for violence and lagging test scores than for illustrious graduates.

There are Leibnizstrasse, Kantstrasse, Niebuhrstrasse, and Mommsenstrasse, all for illustrious figures in the great German tradition of moral inquiry.

This species of perpetuation, which hitherto has been reserved for illustrious persons...now it democratically extended to every motorist, every lawyer, every wearer of an orthopedic shoe.

The structure, perched on this 8,100-foot-high pass where the snowy seams of Switzerland, Italy and France converge, has a storied history: it was founded by St. Bernard himself, is the birthplace of the iconic dog bred by the monks, and it provided room and board for illustrious visitors like Napoleon and Alexandre Dumas.

IN the cluttered basement at John Lobb, the premier purveyor of handmade shoes in Britain, it is possible to be granted a glimpse of the wooden lasts that were used to build footwear for illustrious customers like Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia.

No matter what happens against the Seahawks or beyond, Joe Bugel, Gibbs's assistant head coach for offense, said this season was one for the history books for an illustrious franchise.

And now for the illustrious judges joining us for Hack presentations on Sunday.

7. Jeremiah Goodman has been illustrating rooms since the late 1940's for publications like Vogue and The New York Times Magazine, for Lord & Taylor and for an illustrious list of designers (Mario Buatta, Billy Baldwin) and homeowners (Sir John Gielgud, Greta Garbo).

Winners compete for the illustrious Disrupt Cup, a check for $50,000 and international attention from press and investors alike.

During the first half of the program the ensemble was joined by Alon Goldstein, a fine young pianist who proved a worthy match for his illustrious colleagues in Schumann's Quartet for Piano and Strings in E flat (Op. 47), written in 1842.