PROMINENCE in a Sentence
Learn PROMINENCE 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.
101 example sentences for PROMINENCE, such as:
1. She is a prominent citizen of the town.
2. The single tree in the field is prominent.
3. She was prominent in the fashion industry.
4. He played a prominent part in the campaign.
5. He is a prominent writer on civil liberties.
2. The single tree in the field is prominent.
3. She was prominent in the fashion industry.
4. He played a prominent part in the campaign.
5. He is a prominent writer on civil liberties.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of PROMINENCE
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prominence
n. something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
n. relative importance
Classic Sentence: (73 in 5 pages)
1 He had risen to prominence in the campaigns in Tennessee and the West, and his reputation as a determined and ruthless fighter was growing.
2 The pretty roundness left her face, throwing her cheek bones into prominence, emphasizing her slanting green eyes and giving her the look of a prowling, hungry cat.
3 He did not have behind him a long line of ancestors of wealth, prominence and blood.
4 Already his wealth, and the masterly use he had made of it, were giving him an enviable prominence in the world of affairs, and placing Wall Street under obligations which only Fifth Avenue could repay.
5 Wherefore, you must now have perceived that the front of the Sperm Whale's head is a dead, blind wall, without a single organ or tender prominence of any sort whatsoever.
6 The old fellow upon the cracker box appeared in middle prominence.
7 Regarding his procession of memory he felt gleeful and unregretting, for in it his public deeds were paraded in great and shining prominence.
8 His chin, too, had the prominence and squareness which mark the man of determination.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
9 He was successfully supplanted for a while, at the beginning of the present century, by Buonaparte; but as process of time rendered the latter personage stale and ineffective the older phrase resumed its early prominence.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: 9 Love Leads a Shrewd Man into Strategy
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: 9 Love Leads a Shrewd Man into Strategy
10 The faith of these two leading denominations was more suited to the slave church from the prominence they gave to religious feeling and fervor.
11 I have often said to my friends that if I can use whatever prominence may have come to me as an instrument with which to do good, I am content to have it.
12 The figure stopped, and at the moment a ray of moonlight fell upon the masses of driving clouds and showed in startling prominence a dark-haired woman, dressed in the cerements of the grave.
13 The red color of her skin, narrow high forehead, prominent cheek bones and the hawk-bridged nose which flattened at the end above thick negro lips, all showed the mixture of two races.
14 The high cheek bones were more prominent, the hawk-bridged nose was sharper and her copper skin gleamed with a brighter hue.
15 The jails were full of prominent citizens and there they stayed without hope of early trial.
Example Sentence: (28 in 2 pages)
1 He came to prominence during the World Cup in Italy.
2 An item of prominence on the conference agenda was infant health care.
3 The lawyer reached a position of prominence in her profession at an early age.
4 They need to realize that Hispanics and Blacks are rising in prominence in our country and the day that the rich white guy could rule everything is ending.
5 The new design will give posts like places and third-party apps more prominence; people tagged in a video or those who share an post will have a thumbnail appear on the left side.
6 The single tree in the field is prominent.
7 He has been a prominent victim of alleged witch-hunts against whistle-blowers in the NHS.
8 He played a prominent part in the campaign.
9 She is a prominent citizen of the town.
10 He is a prominent writer on civil liberties.
11 Here the window plays a prominent part in the design.
12 Mandela played a prominent role in the early years of the ANC.
13 The church tower was a prominent feature in the landscape.
14 The house is in a prominent position on the village green.
15 She was prominent in the fashion industry.