Sentence examples for underground reputation from inspiring English sources

His natural touch and distinctive sense of color earned him a strong underground reputation.

And, if Zankel really wants to acquire an "underground" reputation, it should push past the roster of well-known names.

Carson enjoyed a kind of underground reputation for roughly a decade; then in 1996, she won a Lannan Literary Award.

It seems the makers want to leave its underground reputation behind and establish the AØ in the Berlin club scene.

As the movie opens, Diamond has already acquired an underground reputation for his rap performances in after-hours clubs.

After 30 years, Mr. Bartz, the burning saxophonist, still has something of an underground reputation; he's always the stealth candidate.

During the 60's he made several first-rate albums under his own name, including "Page One" and "Inner Urge," and wrote tunes -- among them the blues pieces "Isotope" and "A Shade of Jade," the waltz "Black Narcissus," the bossa nova "Recordame" and the harmonically complex "Inner Urge" -- that earned lasting underground reputations as premium modern-jazz improvisational vehicles.

In the real world, DJs create tracks and battle underground, earning their reputation by performing in various venues, trading mix tapes, referencing (or dissing) their peers, and incorporating new tricks into their cuts.

Straight after the verdict, Mandela went underground, earning himself a reputation as the "black pimpernel" as he stayed one step ahead of the authorities.

UNDERGROUND TRADER www.undergroundtrader.com Among day traders, Underground Trader has a reputation for making winning picks.

While Sellafield and the Lake District have co-existed side by side successfully for decades, we fear that if the area becomes known in the national conscience as the place where nuclear waste is stored underground, the Lake District's reputation may not be so resilient".