Sentence examples for won a name from inspiring English sources

Tyler happily reported that Maury had "woven a proud chaplet around her brow by having won a name all over the world which reflects new luster on the name of Virginia" by advocating the state's strong defense.

He ended the article with: "The carpenter's daughter has won a name for herself, and has deserved to win it".

Charles Dickens wrote of her in 1865 that "[t]he carpenter's daughter has won a name for herself, and has deserved to win it".

Even so, Lamezia Terme is trying hard to win a name as a place that honours the law.

Very few athletes and actors win riches and stardom; a tiny percentage of scientists win "a named chair, scientific renown, awards," write Harvard economist Richard Freeman and co-authors.

The next year, Ms. Estemirova won an award named for Ms. Politkovskaya.

There are the high profile ones, such as Michael Brown's mother Lesley McSpadden, and Eric Garner's mother Gwen Carr (who won an award named for my father).

We became a mutual kvelling society: when Chuck won a Pulitzer Prize, I name-dropped the honor as proudly as if it were my own.

Shortly after beginning his career at The Daily News, Mr. Nelson won a Merriman Smith Award, named after the longtime reporter for United Press International, for writing under deadline pressure.

Talk story about Mrs. G. Tyler Dresser, eighty years old who, although she took to painting only twelve years ago, has won quite a name for herself in artistic circles.

By Charles Cooke and Russell Maloney The New Yorker, April 3 , 1937P. 13 Talk story about Mrs. G. Tyler Dresser, eighty years old who, although she took to painting only twelve years ago, has won quite a name for herself in artistic circles.