Sentence examples for gained some fame from inspiring English sources

Her father, Sam, gained some fame as a boxer and then became a customs inspector.

It gained some fame a few years back when its hard-partying singer dated Kelly Osbourne.

Pyle was a slight man of uncommon empathy who gained some fame as a roving national columnist for the Scripps Howard news service.

MICHAEL IGNATIEFF may have written 17 books, gained some fame on British television as a serious thinker and led a human rights center at Harvard.

Justin Gatlin of the United States gained some fame after winning the men's 100 at the 2004 Olympics and the 100 and the 200 at last year's world championships.

Bangiev has gained some fame for his method of cooking kebabs\u2014skewers of cubed lamb or chicken hearts\u2014over embers kept glowing with the aid of drugstore hair dryers.

The program gained some national fame when the coach's son Bobby started for a Duke team that won two straight NCAA titles.

But Moyd finally gained some national fame in 2016 online after turning his Prius into something more than a ride to hail.

She gained some local fame in New York City last year when the 30th Precinct posted a picture of her and her partner, Matthew Swaye, on the station house walls.

"I'd always modeled The UMS as a mini-South by Southwest," says Baca, who has gained some national fame as the Post's first marijuana editor.

Matthews gained some unwelcome fame when he testified to the Committee that his files revealed that Shirley Temple might have inadvertently aided the Communist cause by communicating with the Left-leaning French newspaper, Ce Soir.