Words similar to big-name

Example sentences for: big-name

How can you use “big-name” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

For someone so appalled by celebrity, Allen exploits it deftly, casting big-name actors to fill out parts that would otherwise be recognized as pathetically underwritten.
It is hard to say precisely what all these big-name Democrats are doing on behalf of the tobacco companies.
Big-name country artists have forsaken the form--not only for filthy lucre, but also because mainstream success helps them "lose the sense of inferiority they've had since Appomattox."
Praise for the idea behind director Robert Altman's six-episode dramatic series: Each installment has a different premise, a different big-name director (including Altman and James Foley), and different big-name actors (Rosanna Arquette and Carrie Fisher)--but the same prop: a pearl-handled semiautomatic.
D.C. lawyers scramble for big-name clients, but many settle for lesser game: One lawyer was retained by Vernon Jordan's limo driver.