Sentence examples for renown increased from inspiring English sources

Although his own gigantic renown increased the difficulty of the struggle, since he could produce nothing which exceeded the public estimates of his genius; yet he advanced to the honourable contest again, and again, almost always with complete triumph.

As her renown increased, she insisted that designers create costumes for her that compensated for her figure, which, as she admitted self-deprecatingly in countless interviews, was somewhat flat in the bust but wide in the rib cage.

Her renown increased when her best-selling family memoirs Vestivamo Alla Marinara (1975, published in English translation as We Always Wore Sailor Suits), a well-written, "feel-good" book, which confirmed the widely held belief that, although perhaps money cannot make you happy, it certainly helps.

This is not to say that all emerging writers are afire and that all mature writers are shallow — but only that public validation and expectation increase as a writer's career continues, and that the threat of writing to an audience becomes only more present a danger as time passes and renown increases.

In the past year, as his renown has increased, Dylan has become more elusive.

Even as her renown has increased, Moshfegh has expressed discomfort with becoming a literary personality.

At the time he was writing a longish tale called "The Duel" and working on his bestseller, Chance (1913), as well as The Secret Agent Greater experience and increased renown did not help much.

Becoming obsolete as cruiser speeds increased, Renown became a royal yacht and had all of her secondary armament removed to make her more suitable for such duties.

The trip increased his renown.

The fact that it was the artwork the Nazis were most desperate to steal – Göring wanted it for his private collection, Hitler as the centrepiece of his citywide super-museum – has only increased its renown.

Despite her increasing renown, Dalrymple still feels ambivalent about her gifts, which she regards as minor — because she's not an artist.