Sentence examples for one illustrious from inspiring English sources

They program launches, events and readings as well, which have seen appearances from the likes of Helen Garner, Martha Wainwright and Peter Carey – and, on one illustrious occasion, Patti Smith ("The best one we ever had," Rubbo says. "But I probably shouldn't say that").

On 1 June 1899, one illustrious international career was coming to an end and another was beginning.

Cheney takes a wild and almost comically self-promotional journey from one illustrious post to another.

I know it's unseemly to brag about one's illustrious family lines, but sometimes a historic turn of events invites the opportunity to name-drop.

The United States Department of the Interior moved on Monday to make this city's municipal landfill a national historic landmark, but the move was trumped later that day by another designation, a less illustrious one, on the federal Superfund list.

Another measure, as practised by electro-rock trio Battles in 2011, is to replace a departed singer with a string of guests, including ones far more illustrious than the one that ditched you.

What many people want from genealogy is not just any ancestry but an illustrious one, or, at least, one that is compatible with their cultural DNA.

Well, not only am I one of these illustrious mommy bloggers, but I also squirrel moments to comment on other people's work.

The Corner similar in concept to the illustrious one in Westminster Abbey commemorates America's great poets and prose writers of the past.

"Well," said one now very illustrious editor, "that must be why you have such an extraordinary view of the world".

McCourt is one of an illustrious line-up of teachers-turned-writers, including the British authors Pat Barker and Nick Hornby.