Sentence examples for modest renown from inspiring English sources
Before opening Maxwell's Plum, Mr. LeRoy dabbled in the arts, achieving modest renown as a producer, writer and director.
In 1952 a piano player named Johnnie Johnson formed a trio that included a guitarist named Chuck Berry, who went on to some modest renown of his own.
A piano player named Johnnie Johnson formed a trio in 1952 with a guitarist named Chuck Berry, who went on to some modest renown of his own.
It all added up to a song that became almost mythical the minute it was released in October 1959: "Teen Angel .Mark Dinning, a pop singer of modest renown, sang it.
Clark isn't the only wondrous musician of his generation to lose his life to drugs, but his influence, in proportion (or disproportion) to his modest renown, may be the greatest.
The surgery enjoys some modest overseas renown: a Latvian patient once revealed that its work was known about back home.
(Ratliff) RJD2 and Com Truise The modest fame of the electronica D.J. and producer RJD2 belies his true renown as the creator of "A Beautiful Mine," best known as the theme of "Mad Men".
Steeped in the gaucho tradition and having the open fields of the Pampas on which to practice, a ranch hand with the necessary talent can attain high renown and modest wealth at either polo or horse racing.
Yes, he remains for all his renown famously modest, generous and unaffected – but he is driven as well by a fierce commitment to his craft, to its exponents, and to the precious contract between writer and reader that secures its survival.
Yet he did not expect rewards; even when he was a figure of world renown he was modest, and seldom took his authority for granted.
