Sentence examples for special prestige from inspiring English sources

This tradition flatters the writer in a culture where literature has special prestige.

Her new win is worth only £5,000 but carries a special prestige.

On the other hand, the standard language can also be regarded as one of the dialects of a given language, though one that has attracted special prestige.

Benfica have special prestige in United lore, having been the opponents when Matt Busby's team secured their first European Cup victory on the same day, 29 May 1968.

Nondramatic verse still enjoyed a special prestige, as shown in Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux's L'Art poétique (1674; The Art of Poetry), in which the genres most highly esteemed are the epic (of which no distinguished example was written during the century), the ode (a medium for official commemorative verse), and the satire.

The invention and contrariety of that brainstorming age — in a rewarding introduction to the catalogue, the show's curator, Leah Dickerman, cites "cars, photography, relativity, and the death of god" — conferred a special prestige on creators, in all of the arts, who dramatized the effects of change.

A full ride to a $40,000 school that they would not get into anyway, meals, four years of coaching from million-dollar coaches, tutoring, favoritism in classes, campus prestige, special dorms, trips, alumni awards to follow.

Where the typical journalistic interview tailors questions to the particular qualities of a subject, the Proust questionnaire's unchanging ritual confers a special kind of prestige, granting the tastes, opinions, and preferences of celebrities a timeless, philosophical appeal.

The rest were "prestige" or "special" cuvées — boutique-style wines made with more modern techniques.

But Libertadores is special; it has the prestige of the Champions League, and just as much history.

"Not only do these things make you feel special, it's the prestige," Ms. Ferris said.