How to Use vaunted in a Sentence

vaunted

adjective
  • The team's vaunted defense faltered in the second half of the game.
  • The state was part of the Democrats’ vaunted blue wall.
    Dan Balz, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Oct. 2021
  • Omos was in the vaunted Raquel Rodriguez spot in this match.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 3 July 2022
  • Troy Baker has voiced roles in many of the most vaunted video games of the last decade.
    Eve Sneider, Wired, 23 July 2021
  • And an 88-win team didn’t have to touch any of its deep and vaunted pitching.
    Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Against the Chiefs in the Super Bowl, the 49ers’ vaunted defense gave up 21 points in the fourth quarter.
    Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 20 Sep. 2020
  • Before their more vaunted show, the duo got a sitcom in 1965.
    Frazier Moore, Fortune, 27 Dec. 2023
  • This is not to suggest that Chaim Bloom blow up his vaunted plan.
    Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2023
  • Instead, Bryce Young and the Tide lit up the Bulldogs' vaunted defense to earn the top seed.
    Ralph D. Russo, Chron, 5 Dec. 2021
  • Instead, Bryce Young and the Tide lit up the Bulldogs’ vaunted defense to earn the top seed.
    NBC News, 6 Dec. 2021
  • The Ravens’ vaunted running game also vanished with the rest of the offense.
    Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Next stop was the vaunted worm room, reached by tiptoeing over the dirt floor.
    Patricia Marx, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024
  • And in the fourth Super Bowl, that group shut down the Vikings' vaunted run game in a 23-7 victory.
    Dave Skretta, ajc, 27 Nov. 2021
  • The vaunted French army, one of the world’s largest, was overwhelmed by the onslaught, and France signed an armistice six weeks later.
    Michael F. Bishop, WSJ, 25 Mar. 2022
  • And the Padres would have a puncher’s chance against the vaunted Los Angeles Dodgers.
    Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2020
  • The vaunted gender gap was less this time than with Trump-Clinton in 2016.
    John Brummett, Arkansas Online, 29 Nov. 2020
  • Arizona won't be able to stop the Ducks' vaunted offense.
    Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 31 July 2020
  • The Browns’ vaunted defense, which had been the best in the league in the first half of the season, hasn’t been as effective in recent games.
    Jim Ingraham, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2023
  • What happens next with the vaunted class is unknown, but Heird will be hard-pressed to find a new coach soon.
    Alexis Cubit, The Courier-Journal, 5 Dec. 2022
  • A decade after the Aronoff opened, for instance, the vaunted Maisonette restaurant closed.
    David Lyman, The Enquirer, 16 Oct. 2020
  • DE Chase Young has zero sacks and his vaunted D-line mates have a total of six.
    Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 5 Oct. 2021
  • And the much vaunted shooters failed to follow in Bindra’s footsteps.
    New York Times, 4 Aug. 2021
  • The Steelers have not won since Week 9, and their vaunted defense has given up 82 points over the past two weeks.
    Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com, 3 Dec. 2021
  • The Giants have yet to face the vaunted Dodgers and have enjoyed 13 games against the punchless Marlins and Rockies.
    Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2021
  • Meanwhile, where are the young pitchers in this vaunted farm system?
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2023
  • That’s a different sort of test for a UK defensive front that is perhaps the most vaunted part of the depth chart.
    Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 8 Sep. 2022
  • The Panthers used their vaunted rushing attack to get even.
    Tyler Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Playing the keep-away game looks to be a wise strategy when the Irish face UNC’s vaunted offense.
    Carter Karels, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Nov. 2020
  • The night's most vaunted honor, Entertainer of the Year, went to Morgan Wallen.
    Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Broadcom cemented its status as one of the biggest artificial intelligence winners on Wall Street — and joined the vaunted $1 trillion market cap club thanks to a 24.4% surge in Friday’s session.
    Zev Fima, CNBC, 15 Dec. 2024

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