Sentence examples for were prestigious from inspiring English sources
adjective
Of high prestige.
- She has a prestigious job with an international organization.
There were prestigious competitions before the Tchaikovsky: the Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition in Brussels, for example, which the young pianist Leon Fleisher won in 1952.
The early debates were prestigious events with audiences of several hundred people.
There were prestigious literary gatherings, including "Foyles Literary Luncheons", an event the hotel still hosts.
Many functions have been suggested for these objects, most indicating that they were prestigious and powerful possessions.
Such plays as "Patterns" and "Requiem for a Heavyweight" were prestigious highlights of television's Golden Age of drama in the 1950s.
"When we started getting lots of new olive plantings, people wanted to plant Tuscan varieties because they were prestigious, not because they were the varieties best suited for the area," Corti says.
Marco's restaurants are prestigious.
The position of presiding justice is prestigious.
"It was prestigious and well paid.
It is prestigious to live in Ozersk.
Having me there was prestigious for them".
