CELEBRITY in a Sentence

Learn CELEBRITY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
168 example sentences for CELEBRITY, such as:
1. These are two celebrated ones.
2. He has become celebrated as an artist.
3. The celebrated doctor did not take offense.
4. The city is celebrated for its beautiful scenery.
5. He and Helen celebrated their silver wedding last year.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of CELEBRITY
celebrity
 n.  a widely known person
 n.  the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
Classic Sentence: (109 in 8 pages)
1  Tom and Daisy stared, with that peculiarly unreal feeling that accompanies the recognition of a hitherto ghostly celebrity of the movies.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
2  The two or three men who had tried to take advantage of her in a deal acquired celebrity by their defeat.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: II
3  de Lamothe was "held in consideration" in this salon on account of his "celebrity" and, strange to say, though true, because of his name of Valois.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER I—AN ANCIENT SALON
4  London was our present point of rest; we determined to remain several months in this wonderful and celebrated city.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19
5  Tom rang for the janitor and sent him for some celebrated sandwiches, which were a complete supper in themselves.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
6  These are two celebrated ones.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXIV
7  But Alexey Alexandrovitch, my celebrated brother-in-law, you surely must know.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: Chapter 17
8  The celebrated physician, a very handsome man, still youngish, asked to examine the patient.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 1
9  After a careful examination and sounding of the bewildered patient, dazed with shame, the celebrated doctor, having scrupulously washed his hands, was standing in the drawing room talking to the prince.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 1
10  The celebrated doctor listened to him, and in the middle of his sentence looked at his big gold watch.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 1
11  And the celebrated doctor expounded his plan of treatment with Soden waters, a remedy obviously prescribed primarily on the ground that they could do no harm.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 1
12  The celebrated doctor did not take offense.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 1
13  A celebrated singer was singing for the second time, and all the fashionable world was in the theater.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 4
14  I often think that the celebrated talkers of the last century would have found it difficult to talk cleverly now.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 6
15  But the doctor, a celebrated Petersburg doctor, who was an intimate acquaintance of Alexey Alexandrovitch, took up a great deal of time.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 26
Example Sentence: (59 in 4 pages)
1  You'd have to be a complete moron to be an up-and-coming celebrity who gets involved in the church without Googling it.
2  From Eva Longoria to Ciara, there's been a plethora of wow celebrity weddings this year - and some fabulous dresses.
3  He achieved celebrity status through his role in a popular sitcom.
4  The success of her book has given her unexpected celebrity status.
5  Two-time Emmy nominee, she is most well-known as the vivacious beauty who dishes the latest in celebrity news, style and entertainment.
6  He has become celebrated as an artist.
7  The city is celebrated for its beautiful scenery.
8  He and Helen celebrated their silver wedding last year.
9  Pope John Paul celebrated mass today in a city in central Poland.
10  The Chinese Dragon Boat Festival is a significant holiday celebrated in China, and the one with the longest history.
11  His heroic deeds were celebrated in every corner of India.
12  Lu Xun will be for ever celebrated as the glorious harbinger of a new Chinese cultural movement.
13  Mr Lowe has just celebrated six months of wedded bliss to his sweetheart Ellen.
14  Today, another American legend, Mark Twain, celebrated for the power of his language and his ability to delight and provoke, is also under attack.
15  The world leaders celebrated the year 2000 with a solemn pledge to reduce poverty and hunger by 2015.