Example sentences for: eponymous

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

  • Masochism comes from the name of the demented 19 th -century novelist Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, who described the relevant eponymous practices in his writings.

  • Obituaries fondly recalled his on-air debates and "two thumbs up" salutes with fellow reviewer Roger Ebert on their eponymous syndicated TV show.

  • For some eponymous terms, the eponymy is obvious, or famous: Caesarean section ; graham cracker ; Molotov cocktail ; boycott ; leotard ; Luddite ; silhouette ; volt . Many more eponyms, though familiar, are not so obviously eponymous.

  • By 1988 the editors of Dorland's 28th edition had deleted three eponymous entries for hyperthyroidism, retaining Graves but now as Graves disease , the second s and its possessive apostrophe banished.

  • The city has attempted to enliven the complex by adding a garden with terraces, pools, and niches where music is performed, but there’s still little reason to visit, except to see the enormous Steaming Kettle on the south side of the plaza above the door of the eponymous coffee shop.


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