How to Use local celebrity in a Sentence

local celebrity

noun
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  • Bayleigh has become a local celebrity after the AIMS win, his coach and friends say.
    — Lyric Li, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The detective had learned that Miller was something of a local celebrity.
    — Paul Larosa, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2023
  • After all of those trips, Reitz became somewhat of a local celebrity in the park.
    — CBS News, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Her friends goaded her to record her resilience in a self-help book, complete with recipes, which made her into a local celebrity in the Bay Area.
    — Mayukh Sen, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2023
  • And whether umpiring or playing, he’s become a bit of a local celebrity.
    — USA TODAY, 12 June 2023
  • The animal, a nutria, had since become a part of their family and something of a local celebrity.
    — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Boston bullpen cop Steve Horgan, who threw his arms up in joy, became a local celebrity for his reaction.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 24 July 2023
  • Since then, he’s become a local celebrity, boosted by a viral video of him fetching an onlooker’s phone that had fallen in the water.
    — Bryan Pietsch, Washington Post, 30 May 2023
  • Who knew that enduring such abuse could turn this dowdy old maid into an unlikely local celebrity?
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 6 Jan. 2024
  • Because the Sculls are rich and social, entertain a lot, and already had a reputation for buying the most avant of the avant-garde in painting and sculpture, Warhol’s name quickly achieved a certain local celebrity.
    — Stephen Birmingham, Town & Country, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Her decision has turned her into a local celebrity, as well as a resource for residents who evacuated.
    — Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 31 Aug. 2023
  • In addition, a new flavor is released each week that was created in collaboration with a local celebrity.
    — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 29 June 2023
  • Over a century later, Murphy remained at Auman's Funeral Home on display, becoming a macabre local celebrity of sorts and odd tourist attraction.
    — Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 7 Oct. 2023

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