Sentence examples for win renown from inspiring English sources

The hero, he believed, is one who is impelled by strong passions to win renown through the performance of great deeds preferably (but not necessarily) those contributing to the well-being of humanity.

This event closed the first period of his life, during which he was, on his own admission, "a man given to the vanities of the world, whose chief delight consisted in martial exercises, with a great and vain desire to win renown" (Autobiography, 1).

Ailsa will go on to win renown and notoriety as a crusading feminist: "She has worn an aborted fetus on a chain around her neck, and submitted to a cervical examination on television". Humphrey will become a respected academic but, by his own estimate, a failure.

And she argues that the story of Lee Miller -- who began as Man Ray's model and assistant and went on to win renown of her own as a photographer during World War II -- shows that a talented muse can sometimes make the difficult transition to becoming an artist.

Desperate to be allowed to fight alongside the men, and thwarted from doing so by both Théoden and Aragorn, Éowyn asks: "Shall I always be left behind when the Riders depart, to mind the house while they win renown, and find food and beds when they return?" And when Aragorn asks her what she fears if it's not pain or death, she replies: "A cage.

Among the wounded was a brilliant young cavalry officer, Major William R. Davie, twenty-three years of age that day, who was destined to win renown as a soldier and statesman.

And it was without fanfare that Mr. Foote won renown as a playwright, even though he was an acclaimed award-winning writer of screenplays, most notably "To Kill a Mockingbird".

Saint-Gaudens won renown with consummate portrait busts.

This is the genre where he first won renown.

Its features on residential architecture, fine arts, and domestic life won renown.

A man of wide culture, he also won renown as a conductor and lecturer.