Example sentences for: célèbre

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

  • Way back in 1968, when custodial care for kids first became the causists' favorite cause célèbre , the federal Children's Bureau and Women's Bureau jointly issued the findings of a survey they had conducted.

  • In part due to smart publicity, which has bannered some of the bad reviews and commentary ("I have to tell you that this film upset me so much that I really don't want to have anything to do with it"--a New York publicist), it threatens to become a cause célèbre --and to be coming soon to a theater near you.

  • cause celeb (cause célèbre) former judge and, during the O.J. Simpson trial, a legal consultant for NBC Ira Reiner February or March 1996

  • Puffy features on Beatty in various (non-Murdoch) magazines and newspapers have suggested that Fox, which was contractually obligated to make and release Bulworth , has tried to bury the picture, thus ensuring its status as a cause célèbre among pundits who'd love to stick it to Rupert, even if that means enriching his company.

  • célèbre populated by such larger-than-life characters as Haywood, Darrow, and McParland; all wrapped around a history lesson about the class bitterness of a century ago.


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