Sentence examples for lay fame from inspiring English sources
In 1976, upon waking up in a hospital ward after a careless suicide attempt – his panicked reaction to the realisation he'd married too early – he rechristened himself Adam Ant, ditched the wife, and wormed his way into the company of Malcolm McLaren, convinced that this way lay fame, recognition and success.
"Why weren't you the person to appear on the Sunday shows immediately following the attack?" Republican congressman Joe Wilson (of "you lie" fame) asked her.
His fame lay largely in his ability to explain the intricate concepts of Mahayana Buddhism.
As it turned out, his greatest fame lay ahead of him.
But his claim to fame lay in his partnership with his great comedy collaborator, Mel Brooks, effortlessly in tune with each other's classic vein of American Jewish comedy.
Back in Tokyo, her fame still lay in her persona as Ri Koran.
Le Méridien's cultural curator, Jerome Sans (of Palais de Tokyo fame) helped lay the groundwork for building a hotel for the creative class in Istanbul.
Its main historical fame lies in the town of Caerleon ("City of the Legions").
The only appeal of these pictures lies in the fame of the people portrayed.
What if someone else's claim to fame lies 70 years in your past?
It is sad enough when your own claim to fame lies 70 years in the past.
