Sentences with phrase «illustrious company»
The phrase "illustrious company" means being in the presence of important and highly respected people. Full definition
Théophile - Alexandre Steinlen The Very Illustrious Company of the Chat Noir (La très illustre Compagnie du Chat Noir), 1896
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The former Porto man is in illustrious company on this list of English football's ten most costly defensive buys, and will be hoping to emulate a number of them having arrived at Eastlands from FC Porto are a relatively unheralded player.
Making a star out of Elizabeth Olsen even in such illustrious company as Sarah Paulsen, Hugh Dancy and Oscar nominee John Hawkes, the inscrutable trailer offers glimpses of a girl troubled by her past, present and future, in a moody and mysterious affair.
The Panamera joins illustrious company: In 2014, our winner was the Corvette Stingray; in 2015, the Volvo XC90; and, in 2016, the Acura NSX.
(If so, you may be keeping illustrious company, as apparently 11 of the 12 astronauts who walked on the moon began their adventures as scouts.)
Congrats on the screenplay gig John — I'm thrilled for you (and shamelessly it makes us all look good being in such illustrious company!)
Jason Day considers Tiger Woods a close friend so he may be less in awe of the illustrious company he's been keeping lately than are many in the golf world.
Lukaku joined the illustrious company of Fowler, Owen, Rooney and Ronaldo when he became only the second foreign player to make the record.
It seemed glamorous to me, placing me in the illustrious company of the likes of Hemingway and Fitzgerald.
Illustrious company!
In the end we zeroed in on one researcher whose work stands out even in this illustrious company.
As you can see from the list of previous winners below the cut, Haneke's win here places him in some illustrious company.
In such illustrious company, the art collection at The Ampersand Hotel passes muster with an eclectic selection of pieces dotted around classically elegant interiors.
However given the illustrious company which it must be held in, this is not bad thing and ODST is a better game than many much more respected competitors.
I caught the rest of a live sound performance by artists Luke Fowler, Lee Patterson, and Tomas Korber before being driven back home to Basel in the illustrious company of the Kunsthalle Basel's past and current presidents, Peter Handschin and Martin Hatebur, as well as Christine Binswanger, a partner at Herzog & de Meuron.