Sentence examples for was eminent from inspiring English sources
adjective
High, lofty; towering; prominent.
"Beckmann was eminent and out of fashion," Mr. Storr added.
The resulting list was eminent, uptown and overwhelmingly male (with the sole exception of Libby Larsen).
He was eminent in the medical profession before he came into the sport, as a respected neurosurgeon.
"He was eminent and German in a time when it was not good to be a German".
Four of them became members of Parliament, as ready with resonant abstractions as the philosophers themselves.In this section The future of mobility The jostling Johnstones One born every minute Cricket's revolutionaries There may be trouble ahead A movable feast ReprintsNone of them was eminent.
"He was eminent and broke," said Robert Storr, who, with Didier Ottinger of the Pompidou Center in Paris and Sean Rainbird of the Tate Modern in London, organized "Max Beckmann," a 134-work retrospective that opens on Thursday at the Museum of Modern Art in Queens.
His qualifications for this pivotal position were eminent.
Two were eminent but ageing Communist academics, and one a Hong Kong businessman.
The crux of the connection is the friendship between their fathers, who were eminent composers.
The bees generally keep to themselves but if a threat is perceived, attack is eminent.
Lyell, Hooker and Darwin were eminent insiders in the closed world of Victorian metropolitan science.
