Sentence examples for gain a name from inspiring English sources

A graduate of West Point, Lieutenant Cushing had written to a cousin in 1861, saying, "I may never return," but, he vowed, "I will gain a name in this war".

I want to give them even more energy than they've got if that's possible"; interviewed over two decades later, he said his original plan was to stay briefly, gain a name for himself, and then move on to a better gig.

Why then did chikungunya lose and dengue gain a name?

If you have a short, one-time cartoon, or if you are trying to gain a name for yourself on your own, you can add your new cartoon to your digital portfolio and upload a copy to a personal blog, social media account, or video website.

Together, they constitute major gains in measures of global biologic diversity, and they have gained a name: the dark biosphere.

Yet Cirque Éloize is gaining a name, in the words of The San Francisco Chronicle, as "almost the anti-Cirque du Soleil".

His empire soon spread to the eastern plains, where he bought up huge areas of ranch land while gaining a name for himself as a strongman.

With once-unaccountable companies beginning to care what stockmarket investors think, it has also gained a name for providing much-needed corporate discipline.

Although this island is one of the most obscure places on the planet, Nauru has lately gained a name for itself in Western international-finance circles.

Brought up in Bath, Gillian began her career as a news reporter for provincial newspapers in Devon, then the north-east, soon gaining a name nationally and securing scholarships to Japan, Iceland, France and Germany.

The 50-year-old convert from Chatham quickly gained a name for herself in Raqqa, the de facto capital of Islamic State, as a propagandist and recruiter of young jihadi brides.