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well-known - use in sentences
Preposition: on
- scene: They became well-known on the local punk scene but Strummer left to form The Clash two years later.
- circuit: Moss has become increasingly well-known on the motocross circuit and the race this weekend will be his first with a factory backed team.
Adjective complement with noun phrase
- make: Its excellent end product has made the machine well-known among composting companies.
Modifies a noun
- landmark: The route, which started and finished at Crosby Library, passed well-known local landmarks such as old Christ Church and the Town Hall.
- brand: I use small amounts of a well-known brand of bicycle oil which seems to have the right consistency.
- personality: Alternatively, do you have any well-known local personalities?
- saying: Here gathered together is a selection of the more well-known sayings in the Scots language.
- hymn: Do not sing other popular words to well-known hymns.
- writer: An old friend, William E. Barrett, well-known fiction writer, now lived in Denver.
Modifying Another Word
- fairly: I was fairly well-known in Hackney for my love of all things soulful.
- equally: Robin Brechin owned the dental practice, the Hollies on Alexandra Parade, and was equally well-known.
- reasonably: This is also the first occasion when I encounter other walkers during my entire trip - a reasonably well-known composer and a Reiki healer.
- particularly: The Moonlight Sonata is particularly well-known for its first movement.
- especially: These programs were recorded from the ATV Elstree Studios at Borehamwood, now of course home to the BBC and especially well-known for Eastenders.
- already: I have to start any work I do - painting or writing - in a conservative way which uses an already well-known form.
Used with adjective complement
- become: Digital effects The Lord of the Rings films have become well-known for their brilliant use of digital effects.
Preposition: in
- circle: Those who do use this route tend to be existing political activists, already well-known in parliamentary circles.
- field: These techniques include the novel simplified 2-step commutation method, which is now well-known in the field.
Preposition: for
- symbol: The Celtic Daimond Rings are well-known for the symbol of a heart with two crowns, both cradled by linked hands.
- fishing: Through this field flows a mile of the River Rede which is well-known for good trout fishing and later in the year salmon fishing.
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