Sentence examples for illustrious in from inspiring English sources

The club regards itself, with good reason, to be the most illustrious in the world.

And the first timers are often illustrious, in their own fashion.

A Notorious woman, most illustrious in N. Y. and who lived there up to the date of the last civic election".

The Bush family name, once among the most illustrious in American political life, is now so tainted that Jeb, George's younger brother, recently decided not to run for the Senate from Florida.

FERRARI Base: Maranello, Italy Drivers: Fernando Alonso, Felipe Massa Engine: Ferrari First Season: 1950 Constructors' titles: 16 Drivers' titles: 15 Victories: 216 The Italian team is the most illustrious in the history of the sport.

Although the United States team was hardly the most illustrious in the long, trophy-filled history of American tennis, that does not change the facts of this winner-filled weekend in Federer's hometown of Basel.

I am, I found out during our five days there this summer, in illustrious company in my assessment.

Oliver Anderson has joined illustrious company in Nick Kyrgios and Bernard Tomic in claiming the Australian Open boys' singles title.

Coming into this weekend, the Sounders were in surprisingly illustrious company in having lost their opening two games.

Proud member of the Las Vegas Police Department and had an illustrious career in sales in NYC and LA.

Her brother, Gaspard Dughet, eventually became one of the foremost landscape painters of 17th-century Rome and took the surname Poussin from his more-illustrious brother-in-law.