Sentence examples for won a legion from inspiring English sources

And Raeburn's pop-out parkas – two jackets cut to be worn together or separately – won a legion of industry admirers.

The 1973 prize-winner, from the Liverpool Irish novelist who drowned while fishing in Bantry Bay in 1979, has won a legion of new readers.

Penguin announced on Tuesday that it had bought two novels from Sugg, who it said had won "a legion of teenage fans across the globe" with her "girl-next-door personality".

The 77-year-old Paul, who has won a legion of fervent supporters, including many among the young, has become a determined thorn in the side of the Republican party by espousing a mix of social liberalism on issues such as foreign policy and deeply conservative beliefs on small government and monetary policy.

Clare Balding may have won a legion of fans for her highly praised BBC TV performances during the London Olympic and Paralympic Games, but she still has some way to go to work the same magic for BT, with an average of around just 1,000 viewers tuning in to watch her first show.

She found fame as the star of the Disney show 'Wizards of Waverly Place' where she won a legion of young fans, with over three million people following her on Twitter alone.

In hindsight Cotton could have done with heeding the advice of Balding, who went on to win a legion of fans for her highly praised coverage of the London Olympics for the BBC and Channel 4, with the pageant considered to be one of the low-lights of event coverage in the corporation's history.

Although if you overcomplicate something you might win a legion of awkward admirers who would rather flatter themselves that they "get" King Crimson than, you know, not have to listen to King Crimson.

Faithfull, whose doe-eyed looks won her a legion of fans, also revealed in an interview with the film director Mike Figgis that she was unhappy with the famously risqué photos for which she posed in 1964.

The 19-year-old led the biggest fundraising effort in the Teenage Cancer Trust's history when he documented his pursuit of a "bucket list" of things he wanted to do before he died and won him a legion of fans and celebrity supporters.

… That single-mindedness and her positive attitude have won her a legion of fans, particularly among her students". .