How to Use famously in a Sentence

famously

adverb
  • The executive famously insisted on riding the bus to work every day.
  • His famously quick wit has not lost a step.
    — Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The band famously launched its first farewell tour more than two decades ago.
    — Sarah Bahari, Dallas Morning News, 27 Feb. 2026
  • The two got on famously, and have been chums ever since.
    — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
  • In the summer, the huts are staffed and the meals are famously hearty.
    — William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • Many attempts have famously been made in the past.
    — Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The two stars strike sparks in one famously contentious scene.
    — Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 1 June 2026
  • Food is a famously fickle thing in space.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 4 Mar. 2026
  • The peach is famously the state’s fruit, but lemon pepper is the city’s soul.
    — New York Times, 12 Jan. 2022
  • Great restaurants are famously easy to find in the South.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Virginia Woolf famously wrote about a room of one’s own.
    — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Which, for him, is famously much more than a full-time endeavor.
    — Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Of course, property in this famously ritzy coastal town doesn't come cheap.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 28 Jan. 2026
  • This is famously called the pipeline.
    — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Venezuela is famously a petrostate, home to the world’s largest oil reserves.
    — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Don't miss the famously grand breakfast spread (brioche French toast!
    — Kelsey Ogletree, Midwest Living, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Don't miss the famously grand breakfast spread (brioche French toast!
    — Kelsey Ogletree, Midwest Living, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Ay, there’s the rub, as Hamlet famously said.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
  • While a few famously got lost on their way to port, this would ultimately be the last.
    — Tim Stevens, Robb Report, 4 May 2023
  • The pair famously travel to see both of their sons play throughout the season.
    — CBS News, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Freud famously called the death of the father the most important event in a man’s life.
    — Sigrid Nunez, Harper's Magazine, 28 Sep. 2021
  • Steinbrenner famously pulled to the side of the road and called Judge.
    — Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 19 Oct. 2024
  • Swans mate for life, after all, and these birds can famously be seen forming a heart shape with their necks and heads.
    — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Kaley Cuoco, who famously has a lot of pets, brings some of the dogs to bed with her.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The Black Crowes were famously a lazy-rehearsal band.
    — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2026
  • This team has famously never won a seven-game series.
    — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Leo famously said the f-word during her acceptance speech.
    — Jack Dunn, Variety, 18 Jan. 2026
  • The Met Gala is famously a day-of surprise — names leak as cars start pulling up to the steps.
    — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Their songs are famously difficult to play.
    — Jem Aswad, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Brazilians, famously, ran with it.
    — Julia Vargas Jones, CNN Money, 24 June 2026

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