How to Use eminence in a Sentence

eminence

noun

• Still, those inside the game have no doubts about his eminence.
  — Adam Kilgore, chicagotribune.com, 30 Apr. 2018
• The site of Woods’s latest milestone was itself a nod to his eminence.
  — Karen Crouse, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2019
• Godard had ceased to be central, but that didn’t mean his eminence was gone.
  — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2022
• The mayor has reason to fear such an eminence’s presence.
  — Ben Brantley, New York Times, 1 June 2017
• In public, as an eminence gris, Jordan used charm to batter down doors.
  — Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2021
• Goalie Braden Holtby programs the sound system with golden oldies for the grey eminences who gather on folding chairs with their sons in the center of the room.
  — Erik Brady, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2018
• The district attorney was the picture of a gray-haired eminence, a figure of rectitude in a circus of a city.
  — Andrew Kirtzman, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2022
• The country's pre-eminence stems from a long list of factors, only a few of which could be reproduced anywhere else.
  — Author: David Segal, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Feb. 2018
• The country’s pre-eminence stems from a long list of factors, only a few of which could be reproduced anywhere else.
  — David Segal, The Seattle Times, 24 Feb. 2018
• That pre-eminence in outer space is now under threat—and once again, America must act.
  — Mike Pence, WSJ, 4 Oct. 2017
• Democrats have often championed the pre-eminence of Washington over the states in battles over civil rights and health care.
  — Coral Davenport, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2019
• Murray has matured into the kind of showbiz eminence that won George Burns an Oscar.
  — Armond White, National Review, 23 Oct. 2020
• But in a world where casual Fridays, the pre-eminence of the tech uniform and the rise of street wear has freed everyone to de-stuff their suits, Mr. Johnson may be just the beginning.
  — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 13 June 2019
• Xi is also characterized as a sage of historic eminence, bringing peace to the world.
  — Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2022
• The two men were introduced in 1926 and the much younger Kertész visited the elderly eminence several times that year.
  — Richard B. Woodward, WSJ, 11 Dec. 2021
• And the Emerson String Quartet concludes its long farewell, leaving a vacuum of four-part eminence.
  — Vulture, 25 Aug. 2023
• One of the quietest — and the one that most rewards careful listening — features the saxophonist and avant-garde eminence Roscoe Mitchell.
  — Giovanni Russonello, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2021
• Now, Fishburne is heading back to town — this time to pick up an honor named for another showbiz eminence.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2019
• London’s advantages—the time zone, the language, its fintech pre-eminence, the financial ecosystem—are still very much in place.
  — Fraser Nelson, WSJ, 23 Mar. 2018
• But De Shields, a theater eminence both on and off-Broadway, incarnated in his slick style and bluesy sound the spirit of Mitchell’s bewitching score.
  — Charles McNulty, latimes.com, 9 June 2019
• Fans of that era will find many delights in Mr. Kaukonen’s recollections, some of which challenge the idea that hippie eminences were all about peace, love and tofu.
  — Dave Shiflett, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2018
• Fighting game eminence Daigo Umehara cut his teeth in arcades such as these.
  — John Learned, Wired, 29 July 2021
• In the face of Chinese competitive challenges, the U.S. and the allies should give rise to creative solutions like these to ensure tech pre-eminence.
  — Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2021
• Until her death in 2015, that person was the Italian photographer and style eminence Manuela Pavesi.
  — New York Times, 22 June 2022
• Hovering over this opening night like a sequined demigod was Nile Rodgers, the Chic guitarist, funk-disco eminence and lifelong skater.
  — New York Times, 21 June 2022
• Singapore, Hong Kong’s rival for financial pre-eminence in Asia, is on track to be the next market to allow dual-class shares.
  — The Economist, 1 Mar. 2018
• That eminence seems to have attracted Izzard’s ambition, but the distance runner in her has eclipsed the actor.
  — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2024
• But their eminence was seen as validation of the company's pitch.
  — Michael Hiltzik, latimes.com, 14 Mar. 2018
• Kushner and Trump have been known to consort with such eminences on account of their years as aspiring power brokers in New York.
  — Emily Jane Fox, vanityfair.com, 20 July 2017
• As Clark mania sweeps the new generation of fans, most current players and coaches came up watching the peak of the Huskies’ eminence, which means beating them is a milestone for just about everyone.
  — Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 24 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 2 Nov 2024