repute - use in sentences

Modifying Another Word

  • ill: Let's just say, she was run out of Worthing, for " carrying on a trade of ill repute!

Object

  • tree: A gnarly old yew tree reputed to be anywhere between 3000-5000 years old, it is the oldest living organism in the UK.
  • property: This charming building is yet another MOD property reputed to have its own ghost, this time a monk.
  • home: It calls a home reputed top jacks queens or his presence felt.

Used with why or when

  • who: He also plays Steve Coogan, an actor of some repute who is making a film of Tristram Shandy.

Preposition: in

  • world: The drive and ability of its doctors have made Glasgow an international center of high repute in the medical world.

Modifying Another Word

  • highly: By his early twenties he was one of the most highly reputed of contemporary composers.
  • widely: Widely reputed to be the best Greek restaurant in London, serving Greek food which is not commonly available elsewhere.
  • once: This must have been a big establishment, once reputed to be the largest marine engine builders in the world.
  • also: Also reputed to have had dealings with the ' cult of the severed head ' .

Infinitive complement

  • haunt: The ghost of a butcher who hung himself is reputed to haunt the building.
  • tolerate: Best in moist soil but reputed to tolerate wide range of conditions.
  • cure: It was formerly reputed to cure King's Evil.
  • have: She is reputed to have had fifteen sons, some ten of whom became bishops.
  • hold: The quarry itself is now a large deep pool reputed to hold some very large trout.
  • contain: The urn is reputed to contain a set of burnt bails symbolizing " the ashes of English cricket " .

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