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:

  • Meanwhile, Microsoft has bought a stable of aggressive, big-name lobbyists.

  • It is hard to say precisely what all these big-name Democrats are doing on behalf of the tobacco companies.

  • The need to win private support may encourage a higher degree of artistic conservatism--too many performances of crowd pleasers like Tosca instead of works by 20 th century composers--and an overreliance on big-name superstars.

  • 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.

  • (Not surprisingly, the least dismissive big-name child-care expert is a woman, Penelope Leach.)


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