How to Use eminent in a Sentence

eminent

adjective

• Darwin's nemesis was the eminent physicist Lord Kelvin and the weapon used against him was the age of the Earth.
  — Mano Singham, Scientific American, 5 Sep. 2021
• Darwin's nemesis was the eminent physicist Lord Kelvin, and the weapon used against him was the age of the Earth.
  — Mano Singham, Scientific American, 5 Sep. 2021
• For decades during the Cold War, the pre-eminent threats seemed to come from Europe.
  — New York Times, 14 Apr. 2021
• The British pound was once the world’s pre-eminent currency.
  — Chelsey Dulaney, WSJ, 4 Sep. 2022
• If there’s a pre-eminent scholar of beer, the author is it.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 7 Dec. 2020
• On the other hand, the most rude and barbarous of the Whites ... have still something eminent about them.
  — Ezra Klein, Vox, 27 Mar. 2018
• But that’s only the start of the state’s smash-’n’-grab approach to the use of eminent-domain power.
  — Walter Olson, WSJ, 24 Mar. 2019
• Cornel West is among the eminent thinkers and voices of our time.
  — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 5 June 2023
• This will be the 75th meeting in what has become the pre-eminent matchup between these two HBCU schools.
  — Matt Murschel, orlandosentinel.com, 2 Sep. 2021
• Girls are not eminent to take care of themselves at night.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 29 Aug. 2022
• Keep in mind Russia is the world’s pre-eminent Eurasian land power.
  — Keith Gessen, New York Times, 8 May 2018
• Joel Whitburn, one of the pre-eminent chart historians of the last 50-plus years, has died.
  — Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 14 June 2022
• Many eminent drag queens have brought their solo shows to the theater.
  — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 4 Aug. 2024
• Hopkins, 29, has emerged as one of the league's pre-eminent receivers in his eight-year career.
  — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 22 July 2021
• Here are four eminent voices from the oil and gas industry who weigh in on the subject.
  — Ian Palmer, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
• All of which adds up to Paramount being the pre-eminent home to, and producers of, the world’s greatest content.
  — Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2022
• Also, Freeney was never the pre-eminent pass-rusher of his era.
  — Jim Ayello, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Jan. 2023
• According to the Times, Kim Yo-jong is the pre-eminent female face of the Kim family.
  — Abby Gardner, Glamour, 7 Feb. 2018
• Still, Plath, perhaps our pre-eminent artist of the melancholy, offers a rare gesture of hope.
  — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2020
• Soleimani, the world’s pre-eminent sponsor of terrorism, is now dead.
  — Tom Benning, Dallas News, 3 Jan. 2020
• One such was Dale Clevenger, the eminent French hornist.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 12 Jan. 2022
• Once the governor signed off on this bill, the old Wild West concept of eminent domain would come back.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 9 Aug. 2017
• Tables were laid out for wealthy donors and eminent guests from the worlds of politics and culture.
  — Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 6 May 2024
• Where did my eminent colleagues think this $10 million a year was going to come from?
  — Marcel Agüeros, Wired, 18 May 2021
• Why are eminent scholars from abroad attracted to teach at the DA?
  — Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2023
• For one of the pre-eminent alt-rock pioneers of the '80s, Hüsker Dü remain one of the decade's most underrated bands.
  — Tatiana Tenreyro, Billboard, 19 Sep. 2017
• Some sort of eminent scientist turns up in a single short scene shot in a basement.
  — Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 4 Feb. 2022
• Even some of the most eminent individuals have erred in this way.
  — Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 14 Feb. 2023
• The first episode starts out with a spoof about how Walsh descends from a long line of eminent justices, all obsessed with doling out the death penalty.
  — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2024
• Have a portrait of Josef Gingold: Gingold was an eminent violinist and teacher of that instrument.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 30 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 23 Dec 2024