Sentences with famous
fa·mous
F f - New Orleans is famous for its cuisine. [+ for]
- Some people are only famous within their city.
- Valencia is famous for its wine production; many of its wines are exported overseas for use in restaurants.
- Frank Lloyd Wright is indisputably one of the most famous architects of all time.
- A famous writer.
- The singer gave a famous performance.
- India is famous for its rich green forest.
- Famous is applied to persons or things that have received wide public attention and are generally known and talked about; , renowned suggests a being named publicly again and again as for some outstanding quality, achievement, etc.; , celebrated is applied to persons or things that have received much public honor or praise; , noted implies a being brought to the wide notice of the public for some particular quality; , notorious, in current usage, suggests a being widely but unfavorably known or talked about; , distinguished implies a being noted as superior in its class or of its kind; , eminent more strongly stresses the conspicuous superiority of persons or things; , illustrious suggests a reputation based on brilliance of achievement or splendidness of character