How to Use eminence in a Sentence

eminence

noun
  • Still, those inside the game have no doubts about his eminence.
    — Adam Kilgore, chicagotribune.com, 30 Apr. 2018
  • Godard had ceased to be central, but that didn’t mean his eminence was gone.
    — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2022
  • The site of Woods’s latest milestone was itself a nod to his eminence.
    — Karen Crouse, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2019
  • In public, as an eminence gris, Jordan used charm to batter down doors.
    — Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2021
  • That pre-eminence in outer space is now under threat—and once again, America must act.
    — Mike Pence, WSJ, 4 Oct. 2017
  • The country’s pre-eminence stems from a long list of factors, only a few of which could be reproduced anywhere else.
    — David Segal, The Seattle Times, 24 Feb. 2018
  • The country's pre-eminence stems from a long list of factors, only a few of which could be reproduced anywhere else.
    — Author: David Segal, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Feb. 2018
  • Xi is also characterized as a sage of historic eminence, bringing peace to the world.
    — Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Her global pre-eminence is a source of satisfaction even for those outside her party.
    — Stephanie Kirchner, Washington Post, 24 June 2017
  • After all, eminence can be a solitary business, not least for someone with as tough a hide as Hopkins’s.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
  • But their eminence was seen as validation of the company's pitch.
    — Michael Hiltzik, latimes.com, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Fighting game eminence Daigo Umehara cut his teeth in arcades such as these.
    — John Learned, Wired, 29 July 2021
  • Now, Fishburne is heading back to town — this time to pick up an honor named for another showbiz eminence.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2019
  • The district attorney was the picture of a gray-haired eminence, a figure of rectitude in a circus of a city.
    — Andrew Kirtzman, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2022
  • For all of their eminence, the cardinals are no more immune to cattiness and ambition than anyone else.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 31 Aug. 2024
  • It was started by Goodall, Desmond Tutu, and other eminences.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Democrats have often championed the pre-eminence of Washington over the states in battles over civil rights and health care.
    — Coral Davenport, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2019
  • London’s advantages—the time zone, the language, its fintech pre-eminence, the financial ecosystem—are still very much in place.
    — Fraser Nelson, WSJ, 23 Mar. 2018
  • Murray has matured into the kind of showbiz eminence that won George Burns an Oscar.
    — Armond White, National Review, 23 Oct. 2020
  • So far, the response has been strikingly muted given the eminence of the signatories.
    — John Drake, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • That eminence seems to have attracted Izzard’s ambition, but the distance runner in her has eclipsed the actor.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2024
  • Goalie Braden Holtby programs the sound system with golden oldies for the grey eminences who gather on folding chairs with their sons in the center of the room.
    — Erik Brady, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2018
  • And the Emerson String Quartet concludes its long farewell, leaving a vacuum of four-part eminence.
    — Vulture, 25 Aug. 2023
  • On an eminence at the heart of the sprawling property, the restaurant overlooks a painter’s delight of fields, woods, and distant hills, a mosaic of brown and gold on this cloudy late-fall day.
    — Claire Messud, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Emery’s eminence in Europe has been predicated on managing two-legged contests, knowing that the pace and rhythm is different.
    — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 1 May 2026
  • The 2025 Broncos returned to eminence.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Hovering over this opening night like a sequined demigod was Nile Rodgers, the Chic guitarist, funk-disco eminence and lifelong skater.
    — New York Times, 21 June 2022
  • And Anthony Hopkins plays the aging eminence Vespasian—a role that turns out to be quite a bit smaller than the trailer suggests.
    — Judy Berman, TIME, 17 July 2024
  • One of the quietest — and the one that most rewards careful listening — features the saxophonist and avant-garde eminence Roscoe Mitchell.
    — Giovanni Russonello, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2021
  • Singapore, Hong Kong’s rival for financial pre-eminence in Asia, is on track to be the next market to allow dual-class shares.
    — The Economist, 1 Mar. 2018

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