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of fame

a. (context colloquial English) Listing or describing the best or most honored or noteworthy entries in a specific subject, media form, field, etc.

Usage examples of "of fame".

The thought of self, the worship of that capital letter ``N'' with which he signed all his letters, and which recurred forever in the ornaments of his hastily constructed palaces, the absolute will to make the name Napoleon the most important thing in the world next to the name of God, these desires carried Napoleon to a pinnacle of fame which no other man has ever reached.

Alaric disdained to trample any longer on the prostrate and ruined countries of Thrace and Dacia, and he resolved to seek a plentiful harvest of fame and riches in a province which had hitherto escaped the ravages of war.

Perhaps that reign would have been equally prosperous if the peaceful master of the East had abstained from the conquest of Africa and Italy: but as Justinian was ambitious of fame, he made some efforts (they were feeble and languid) to support and rescue his victorious general.

The voice of fame and fear announced the revolt of the Greeks and the rapid approach of their Bulgarian ally.

Leatherstocking deserves a place in the world's temple of fame as a great original character in fiction.

A uniform course of honor and integrity seldom fails of bringing a man to the goal of fame at last.

Although it did transform his dreams of fame and glory into much softer and more muted colors.