Sentence examples for had illustrious from inspiring English sources

Clubs such as Fabric had illustrious histories, he said, but were unlikely to survive the next few years.

Had illustrious career in the First and Second World Wars, and postwar with U. S. forces in Austria.

They could be reminiscing about old times: almost all of them are former communists, and many had illustrious careers under the Soviet regime.

Alumni have also had illustrious coaching careers.

But were these two to not have had illustrious careers in the Senate, the headlines would tell a far different story: "Health Care Lobbyists Release Health Care Plan".

From a president who saved dozens from drowning to a congressman who performed CPR at an airport, many of our political leaders have had illustrious and inspiring pasts.

Though he and Ms. Levine have illustrious resumes (he, a TED fellow who studied design in London and worked at M.I.T.; she, a cancer researcher, interactive designer and wildland firefighter), neither was a trained robotics engineer, much less a boat-builder.

And while the U.S. has a long and storied history of secretly distilling blindingly strong liquor, we're not alone -- these 22 other countries all have illustrious traditions of making alcohol in containers even dirtier than bathtubs.

Important to the history of ballet for manifold reasons, the Ballet Russes featured dancers and choreographers who went on to have illustrious careers including such legends as Marius Pepita and George Balanchine.

But the world championship gold is up for grabs and Scott has his own illustrious record as reigning European champion.

To be sure, modernism had its illustrious intellectual ancestry.