Sentence examples for once eminent from inspiring English sources

One of the latter, made by Bagues, the once eminent French metal smiths, sold for $3,737, against an estimate of $250 to $350.

The Camerons' neighbor Sir Henry Taylor, a once eminent writer now forgotten, posed for her both as himself, looking like one of Rembrandt's burghers, and as Prospero and Friar Lawrence.

By contrast, Elizabeth Segren points out that discount retailers like T.J. Maxx and Marshalls and more common departments stores like Macy's and JC Penney are piled high with Hilfiger, Calvin, and other once eminent fashion brands and, especially with shameless sales and coupon deals, the goods are cheaper than ever.

They visit Sarath's old mentor, Paripana, a once-eminent archaeologist retired to an abandoned monastery and close to death.

In his stoic acceptance of his imminent assassination Jimmy resembles Mr. Langella's character Leonard Schiller, the once-eminent novelist in "Starting Out in the Evening" who continues to write despite deteriorating health and his knowledge that his time has passed.

Liu was once an eminent scholar, but was reportedly little-known inside the People's Republic of China (PRC) at the time of the award due to official censorship.

The laureate, once an eminent scholar, was reportedly little-known inside the People's Republic of China (PRC) at the time of the award due to official censorship; he is a veteran of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, and a co-author of the Charter 08 manifesto for which he was sentenced to 11 years in prison on 25 December 2009.

Just the same, as one securities analyst said, Wall Street worries that the once pre-eminent film company is jumping "from one buggy whip business to another".

We British have grown used to being supplanted as top dog in all those areas of human activity in which we were once pre-eminent.

Xerox, a once pre-eminent glamor stock fallen on hard times, skidded $1.25, to $5, a 52-week low, after trading as low as $4.75.

It gained from the corrosive impact on the image of The Times, the once pre-eminent paper of record, from being produced behind barbed wire at a Wapping plant besieged by pickets.