Sentence examples for illustrious historical from inspiring English sources
Most of Vietnam's illustrious historical figures made their reputations by battling Chinese invaders.
Or did the film strike you as a troubled attempt to recapture the company's illustrious historical allure?
Cast an actor at the sweet spot in his career as a suitably illustrious historical figure in a digestible Hollywood biopic and it's awfully hard to escape the Academy's notice.
Through her research, James caused one of Britain's most illustrious historical portraits, which had been hanging on the walls of the National Portrait Gallery since 1965 — an elaborate, life-size portrayal of the ill-fated royal claimant, Lady Jane Grey — dramatically to lose her head (again ).
He has written a shrewd, insightful book, less a conventional work of history than a series of strobe-lighted snapshots of a historical era and its illustrious and less-than-illustrious leaders.
These cities often possess historical monuments, famous temples, and local shrines and pailou (arches) honouring their illustrious citizens.
The historical roles — all those illustrious freedom fighters we first encountered in our social studies textbooks — are performed by actors of color.
He singled out as particularly objectionable the historical chapter, called "A Long and Illustrious History," whose first page depicts a rousing scene from the Battle of Trafalgar.
Whatever one's historical perspective, three defensive plays transcend the Celtics' illustrious history.
1470 - 1492 Harry The Minstrel, also called Henry The Minstrel, or Blind Harry (flourished 1470 92) author of the Scottish historical romance The Acts and Deeds of the Illustrious and Valiant Champion Sir William Wallace, Knight of Elderslie, which is preserved in a manuscript dated 1488.
Printed under the name of her brother Georges, she published an historical novel, Ibrahim or the Ilustrious Basa, in 1641 and Illustrious Women or Heroic Harangues in 1642.
