Sentence examples for illustrious event from inspiring English sources

He had won this illustrious event last year, so a double victory was not improbable.

From comedian Sarah Millican's Bafta experience – about which she writes: "I thought I had been invited to such an illustrious event because I am good at my job.

After finishing second at his home race in Spain last Sunday, this weekend Alonso will race at the most illustrious event of the season, the Monaco Grand Prix, which he won in a Renault in 2006 and in a McLaren in 2007.

President Obama, Vice President Biden, Gloria Steinem, Shonda Rhimes and Kerry Washington were among the speakers at the illustrious event, where they encouraged the audience to continue championing feminism and gender equality.

For the last six years, comedy's biggest and brightest stars have gathered each November to perform on the world's grandest stages as part of the industry's most illustrious event – The New York Comedy Festival.

McIlroy is too fine a player to be posting numbers such as 80 in golf's most illustrious events.

Three of those successes – the US PGA Championship, WGC Match Play and now the Players – have arrived in illustrious events.

One of the most illustrious events in the European cultural calendar, La prima habitually attracts protesters of various persuasions.

Daly, meanwhile, found himself 2,000 miles to the west getting ready to compete in the Reno-Tahoe Open, one of the less illustrious events on the PGA Tour calendar.

In the present usage, Grand Prix races are literally those that apply to the World Championship of Drivers, although the term is used to describe other, less-illustrious events.

Depending on your priorities (and your tolerance), you can use the observations below to make your own decision on visiting Park City, Utah during this oh-so-illustrious annual event.