Sentence examples for reputation spreading from inspiring English sources

Sophocles (495 BC–406 BC) used the adjective in Oedipus Tyrannos to refer to something (a rumor, noise, fame, or reputation) spreading in a country: εῑμ' Οἰδιπόδα ἐπὶ τ'αν ἐπίδαμον φ'ατιν, "I shall go (to make war) to Oedipus, against his fame which spread (in the country)" (verse 494).

Your friend may be hurt by gossip, rumor mongering or exaggerated negative embellishment about their lives in one or more of the following ways: Personal reputation: Spreading gossip about another person, whether it's true or not, can harm a person's reputation irreparably, especially since it's coming from a close source.

So even as his football reputation spread as he grew up, Jarboe wanted to rap.

He was so popular that his reputation spread well beyond Egypt.

Silbermann became court organ builder in 1736, the year of Bach's visit, and his reputation spread widely.

Instead, a high-quality near-contemporary copy shows how quickly Bosch's reputation spread through 16th-century Europe.

He apparently travelled little, although his reputation spread as far as France, where he is known to have played.

Te'o, meanwhile, was built like an ox and ran like a horse, and his reputation spread around Hawaii.

Later his reputation spread to England, mainly through the persuasive advocacy of Sir Thomas Beecham, who was his finest interpreter.

The album's reputation spread solely by word of mouth, mainly in the Hollywood community Garrett and Howard knew well.

Her reputation spread, until every French label wanted to sign her – and turn her into a French Lady Gaga.