Celebrities
[sɪ'lɛbrəti]
Definition
(pl. ) of Celebrity
Typist: Winfred
Examples
- Celebrities of all kinds and distinguished foreigners are numerous--princes, noblemen, ambassadors, artists, litterateurs, scientists, financiers, women. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Insufferable to him were all notorieties and celebrities: where he could not outshine, he fled. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- She took them with her one night to a select symposium, held in honor of several celebrities. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Here, on the left hand, there stands a shop window filled with photographs of the celebrities and beauties of the day. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Edison naturally met many of the celebrities of France: I visited the Eiffel Tower at the invitation of Eiffel. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Thus the congregation on Christmas morning is mostly a Tussaud collection of celebrities who have been born in the neighbourhood. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- There were the lion-hunters and celebrities, of whom Sarah Bernhardt may serve as a type. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Typist: Winfred