Sentences with phrase «celebrity of sorts»

A wild turkey known as «Tom» is a local celebrity of sorts, has no fear of people or traffic and likes to wander in the street in Amherst, blocking lanes and pecking at tires.

Over the course of a long career, Patrick McGovern has become an archaeological celebrity of sorts, collaborating with researchers around the world to analyze humanity's chemical footprints — most famously, those we leave behind in the pursuit of fermentation.

In the photo, Adams and Hyland are joined by Adams» dog Carl the Bloodhound, who is himself a social media celebrity of sorts.

«I whole - heartedly endorse Rubain Dorancy — a strong progressive Democrat — for New York's 20th Senatorial District,» said Mr. Williams, widely seen as a celebrity of sorts in the district's Caribbean community.

By dint of his massive wealth and high profile presence at the head of his eponymous news organization (not to mention his national ambitions on gun safety among other issues), Bloomberg is a celebrity of sorts.

We already knew that Kenneth Branagh's new adaptation of Agatha Christie's Murder On The Orient Express was going to be a starry affair, with basically every character played by a celebrity of some sort.

He becomes a celebrity of sorts, making the covers of magazines and even having a made - for - TV movie produced about his life.

The Zohan (Sandler), a celebrity of sorts in his native Israel, is a terrorist - killin» sex machine who gets high - fives whenever he strolls down the beach.

I think he's a celebrity of some sort.

As the years go on they find a measure of fulfillment and serenity; Elise gives birth to two daughters, and the family even achieves a celebrity of sorts.

Not a reason not to try though, and must say I haven't come across anything more effective either (unless you're a celebrity of some sort and then... it's another story).

You really need to be a film star, a famous sportsperson, a celebrity of some sort, or an already established writer.

Patrick was already a celebrity of sorts when he arrived at PetSmart.

In the early»40s, American museums such as the Art Institute of Chicago and the Phillips Collection started acquiring his work, and he started becoming a celebrity of sorts.

That's why, perhaps, nowadays Octavio still prefers to pedal, making him quite possibly the oldest cyclist on the planet.Octavio's story of pedal - powered longevity has made him a celebrity of sorts in his hometown; The Los Angeles Times profiled him last week on the eve of his 103rd birthday on Monday, and the city says he's a great role - model of healthy living and biking, touting him as the «oldest cyclist in the world.»

If you are starting law school this fall at the University of Alberta, you'll have a celebrity of sorts in your class.