Sentence examples for something of a name from inspiring English sources

He became something of a name in an area where the Cowboys are the most powerful cultural institution.

Among us was a local tough who had made something of a name for himself as a Hollywood stuntman.

Porter, 29, has made something of a name for herself for being open-minded – as well as exploring her own issues – through her documentary-making.

The abbey's 40 nuns have made something of a name for themselves: they make award-winning cheese, and they have recorded several Gregorian-chant albums.

He has been making something of a name for himself ever since as a public advocate; a designer willing to Instagram what he thinks.

Before the impeachment effort, he had already made something of a name for himself issuing scathing reports on money laundering in Switzerland and Monaco.

However, it did put a quasi-public figure, who had become something of a household name, on record that the birther issue had enough merit to become a campaign issue.

Yet the enlightenment has acquired something of a bad name.

All this, at 23, has made Urlacher something of a household name in the Chicago area.

But she does acknowledge that she would be eager to see "Smart Girls" become something of a household name.

Those two did not survive, giving Chapter 11 something of a bad name in its first decade or so.