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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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