legend - use in sentences

Converse of subject

  • inspire: The poem has been described as the most successful poem inspired by the Arthurian legends since the Middle Ages.

Converse of object

  • retell: Cook great-grandmother's favorite recipes and retell the family legends, especially to younger members of the family.
  • bear: Three of the four arms are plywood replacements faced with plastic bearing the legends.
  • attach: There are four main tunnel legends attached to the Abbey, three of which have been partially verified.
  • commemorate: Commemorating numerous legends of the past, this recently well appointed lounge offers a pre and half time buffet with pay bar facility.
  • live: Put simply, Neil Young is one of the last great maverick geniuses of rock, and bone fide living legend to boot.
  • associate: The story has always had its place in legend associated with the city.

Preposition: in

  • making: Above Right: Many years later, the Brunswick Academicals are still legends in the making.

Adjective modifier

  • Arthurian: Jimmy Carter 71 In Arthurian legend who found the Holy Grail?
  • urban: The whole point about an urban legend is hat everyone knows them: they are common currency.
  • Celtic: Its central theme is that of the mystical landscape of megaliths, burial mounds and Celtic legend.
  • ancient: A very special stone from an ancient legend hit the news in Lincoln this week.
  • Greek: In Greek legend, Crocus was a beautiful young man who played a game of quoits in with the messenger god, Mercury.
  • Norse: In Norse legend the chariot of the goddess Freya was pulled by black cats.

Noun used with modifier

  • cricketing: Meanwhile, Howard Stevenson has another tale of harrassing English cricketing legends.
  • reggae: St Agnes Place was home to reggae legend Bob Marley in the mid-1970's.
  • Faust: The Hell Candidate is an atmospheric chiller with a political background, that features a novel slant on the Faust legend.
  • jazz: Price - Vinyl Album = £ 8.99 One of the essential albums from the jazz legend.
  • boxing: They managed to get boxing legend John Conteh in to help them.
  • soccer: Famously, it was Bertie Peacock who gave soccer legend George Best his debut international match against Wales in 1962.

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