How to Use prominence in a Sentence

prominence

noun

• The publicity has given him a prominence he doesn't deserve.
• The company rose to prominence in the 1990s.
• Hill first rose to prominence as a member of the influential group the Fugees in the 1990s.
  — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 22 June 2023
• He’s the piece expected to lead them back to prominence.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 7 Dec. 2022
• Place your fingers on either side of that prominence, just above the notch at the base of the neck, and swallow.
  — Christine Coppa, Health, 15 Mar. 2023
• First came Taiwan, and then by the 1990s, China rose to prominence.
  — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 6 June 2024
• By 1968, my dad and Hill were gaining prominence as some of the biggest smugglers in the Bay Area.
  — Kristen McGuiness, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2022
• Simmons rose to prominence in the 1980s with his series of Sweatin' to the Oldies aerobics videos.
  — Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 17 Jan. 2024
• The rise to prominence has stunned even the generational talent at the center of it all.
  — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2024
• Balloons' rise to global prominence got a lift starting in the past few years.
  — Ellen Knickmeyer, Chron, 18 Feb. 2023
• Balloons’ rise to global prominence got a lift starting in the past few years.
  — Ellen Knickmeyer, al, 18 Feb. 2023
• But two pictures of men that his mother adored — the pope and Neil Diamond — held a place of prominence in the house.
  — Christopher Wallenberg, BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2022
• The Culinary’s canvassing efforts are part of a get-out-the-vote machine that grew to prominence in the late 2000s.
  — Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2022
• In a then-burgeoning hip-hop scene, the fellow New York natives rose to prominence in the East Coast rap world through the mid-1990s.
  — Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
• Each of them had gradually come to prominence in the mid-to-late ’80s, but the ’90s were their prime, and no one could resist their charms.
  — José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2023
• Salt Bae rose to prominence in 2017, when a video of him sprinkling salt on steaks became a viral meme.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 31 Jan. 2025
• Diana’s rise to prominence during the 1980s meant embracing some of the decade’s key trends.
  — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 1 July 2024
• Kvitka is one of scores of new Ukrainian artists who have risen to prominence since the invasion.
  — Kostiantyn Khudov, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2023
• The group rose to prominence during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
  — Peter Aitken, Fox News, 20 Jan. 2023
• Well established in hip hop, Nomore rose to prominence as an artist on the Oakland music scene.
  — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 23 June 2023
• In some parts of the world, cabbage is the menu equivalent of the potato’s place of prominence on the plates of U.S. as the frequent consumption preferred side.
  — Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2023
• McCraven’s path to prominence has been unique, and much of it took place in Massachusetts.
  — Bill Beuttler, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Sep. 2022
• That means the heat and rock in the mantle have the influence on the motion of tectonic plates, giving less prominence to the molten layer.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 8 Feb. 2023
• Over the past five years, Indigenous artists have gained global prominence.
  — Travis Diehl, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2023
• The hiring of Peterman provides the Bullfrogs a fresh start and could propel Lake Worth back to prominence.
  — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Apr. 2024
• The custom sneaker design savant has rose to prominence over the last decade as one of the most prolific cobblers in the world.
  — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 5 Sep. 2024
• Since his rise to prominence in the 90s, Sean Combs has established himself as one of the most successful entrepreneurs of all-time.
  — Okla Jones, Essence, 13 June 2022
• The two-and-a-half minute clip is driven by Tom Hardy’s Johnny, the tough guy founder of the biker gang, and establishes how the Vandals rose to prominence.
  — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 29 Feb. 2024
• Birdcage veils gained prominence in the 1940s during and following World War II when fabric shortages were widespread.
  — Julia Teti, WWD, 27 Jan. 2025
• Neely rose to prominence during the Covid lockdowns with her viral reenactments of love duets from classic musicals.
  — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 20 Feb 2025