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famous - use in sentences
Preposition: as
- birthplace: Probably most famous as the birthplace of the Fab Four, Liverpool is a city brimming with history - musical and otherwise.
Adjective complement with noun phrase
- visit: Our journey takes us into the valley where we we visit the world famous Masai Mara Game Reserve.
Modifies a noun
- landmark: The city's most famous landmark is the White Tower, all that remains of the walls that once surrounded the city.
- victory: To commemorate this famous victory, two circular woods were planted on the return home of the Earl of Dumfries.
- poet: The footpaths around the farm are linked to Thomas Hardy, a famous poet & author.
- poem: His pose " In Flanders Fields " first appeared in Punch during December 1915 and became the most famous poem of the war.
- architect: Each villa has been designed by famous local architects using modern but traditional materials.
Modifying Another Word
- justly: Yell, the Gateway to the North Isles, and justly famous for otters, is the second largest island in Shetland.
- internationally: The legends don't stop with people as we have our internationally famous set of stones in Wiltshire: Stonehenge.
- deservedly: Heard at every station and on radios in between, it's deservedly famous.
- equally: The region is equally famous for cave diving and includes some of the most extensive submerged networks in Europe.
- once: His gallery, once famous throughout the former Yugoslavia, was destroyed along with many of his paintings.
- now: During the evenings, Tersteegen studied the Bible and began compositions for his now famous Little Flower Garden.
Used with adjective complement
- become: Brendan Fraser became famous by choosing his projects well.
- make: To the north west of Liskeard lies Bodmin Moor made famous by Daphne du Maurier's Jamaica Inn.
- remain: So what do we conclude from this sad case which has remained famous for almost 250 years?
Preposition: for
- wedding: Several, in fact, have created wedding cakes for the rich and famous for weddings not even held in Hawaii.
- minute: But do they get more than they bargained for in a world where any nude with attitude can be famous for 15 minutes?
- production: The area had numerous mulberry trees and was famous for silk production.
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