How to Use namesake in a Sentence

namesake

noun

• But by the 1970s, the sign and its namesake were again in bad shape.
  — Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
• Like her namesake, Paddington the moon bear adored the sweet snack.
  — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2022
• The chapel’s namesake, St. George, is the patron saint of England.
  — Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor, 13 Sep. 2022
• Its namesake bell, changed out for a siren in the 1920s, was meant to avoid such calamities in the future.
  — Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
• The namesake restaurant and bar will be there to whip up all your favorites.
  — Dana Givens, Robb Report, 11 Jan. 2023
• Tom Ford left his namesake brand a little more than a year ago.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 22 July 2024
• The vision was to make bourbon loosely like the distillery's namesake did in the late 1700s.
  — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 6 June 2022
• Bird-of-paradise plants don't have to be at home in the tropics to produce their namesake spiky blooms.
  — Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 3 Sep. 2023
• The tribute band will be sure to play its namesake tune, since this is the 50th anniversary for the album.
  — Joan Rusek, cleveland, 3 Aug. 2023
• Each program at the Crane House is connected back to its namesake, the crane.
  — The Courier-Journal, 10 Aug. 2022
• The park’s namesake is the 360-acre Devil’s Lake, which is shaped like a butternut squash.
  — Chelsey Lewis, Journal Sentinel, 7 July 2022
• One of the young doctors and the show’s namesake, Meredith Grey, is the daughter of a famous surgeon.
  — al, 6 Oct. 2022
• Matthew Chiu is the namesake and co-owner of Matt Bakes, a micro bakery.
  — Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2024
• The park's namesakes are the bigtooth maples that cluster in the canyons near the headwaters of the Sabinal River.
  — Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 7 Nov. 2024
• The teams practiced and trained in the Arlington, Texas, area, then traveled to play true home games in their namesake cities.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 13 May 2023
• The two-way player who plays point guard recently became a first-time dad with the birth of his son of the same namesake.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 10 Nov. 2022
• But when Gilley’s opened in 1971, its namesake was still years away from becoming a singing star.
  — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 7 May 2022
• The value of bitcoin ETFs is tethered to the price of their namesake currency.
  — Aaron Gregg, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2024
• The debut episode on Feb. 16 featured George Hauer, founder and namesake of George’s restaurant.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Apr. 2024
• One thing isn’t in doubt: Stallings is rooting for his namesake, now more than ever.
  — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2023
• One part was brought to its namesake city in Spain; the other was delivered to the Vatican.
  — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 26 May 2023
• Isa launched her namesake brand in 2013 and is Manhattan-based.
  — People Editors, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2023
• Giving the powerful monologue that’s at the heart of the movie to Gloria, rather than the film’s namesake, felt more earned, Gerwig told The Times.
  — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2023
• The director still keeps in touch with Johnson, but the namesake of the documentary hasn’t seen the film yet.
  — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 21 June 2024
• His father and namesake was an even stronger pro-life Democrat.
  — W. James Antle Iii, The Week, 10 May 2022
• The namesake, Jennie Volo, was the great-grandmother of founder Carl Scozzaro, who opened the place in 1971.
  — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2025
• Fans were clamoring for their favorite Daniel Bryan, one of the most gifted wrestlers on the planet, to win the event’s namesake.
  — Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 14 Jan. 2023
• Champlin, the bar’s namesake, was part of Andy Warhol’s circle, after all.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 17 Feb. 2023
• Daunt himself owns a namesake chain of nine local bookstores in Great Britain.
  — Byphil Wahba, Fortune, 11 Mar. 2024
• Model and style icon Jane Birkin (its namesake, whom it was originally designed for) used it for everything, including a diaper bag.
  — Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 14 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 4 Mar 2025