Sentence examples for major renown from inspiring English sources

There were four widows of assassinated public figures of major renown at that time: Jacqueline Kennedy, wife of President John Kennedy Betty Shabazzz, wife of Nation of Islam minister Malcolm X; Ethel Kennedy, wife of slain senator Robert Kennedy; and of course Mrs. King, wife of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Of the competition's various gold medalists, perhaps only Jose Manuel Carreño (1987, now a star with Ballet Theater) has gone on to major international renown.

Llantwit Major has considerable renown in South Wales as a surfing location, although it is much less known than Porthcawl further down the coast.

Kreis, who played 12 years in Major League Soccer, is renown for his single-mindedness; some would say he has soccer tunnel vision.

Like many midsize American cities, Memphis has craved greater renown by pursuing major league sports.

Conceived and assembled by Laura Kaminsky, a composer and the associate artistic director of Symphony Space, the event touched on universally recognized figures like Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Penderecki and Ligeti as well as major creators who came to international renown as the cold war waned, like Alfred Schnittke, Sofia Gubaidulina, Henryk Gorecki and Arvo Pärt.

At the same time, scientific methods have been employed with great effect to study the provenance of culturally important objects, ranging from major paintings and statues in world renown museums to textiles and coins found unloved in cupboards.

Those drafts are aided by the renown of college players benefiting from major television exposure.

Indeed, Duns Scotus's renown depends principally on these two major works.

It's on this major piece of analytical prescience that much of Stiglitz's renown rests.

In 1961 Borges won a major European award, the Prix Formentor, the success increasing his renown in his native Argentina as well as throughout Europe and the United States.