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:

  • Instead, I went to a big-name Ivy League university.

  • But somehow you expect that from Republicans, whereas you don't expect it from big-name national Democrats, especially Northerners like George Mitchell.

  • 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."

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

  • 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.


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