How to Use legend in a Sentence

legend

noun
  • He has become a baseball legend.
  • I don't believe the legends I've heard about this forest.
  • What one of the hoops legends said.
    — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Seems like a waste of a comedic legend.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 15 May 2026
  • King doesn’t need to be a legend just yet.
    — Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2026
  • So, what’s next for the golf legend?
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 15 May 2026
  • As the years passed and his legend grew, the man shrank.
    — Dan Pompei, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Has this legend made the brand a lot of money?
    — Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026
  • And so began the rise of a legend.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 28 June 2026
  • And surely, so were the old legends on hand.
    — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Thanks to her recordings and this show, her legend will live on.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2023
  • Almost a fakir, a legend like that.
    — Literary Hub, 31 Mar. 2026
  • That’s football, even legends come and go.
    — Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • And a room in the gift shop is devoted to the legend.
    — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Here, McGuane’s legend was built.
    — Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2025
  • To have this living legend work with us was like a badge of honor.
    — Gary Graff, cleveland, 16 Nov. 2022
  • The legend of the bean pie man selling health and wisdom lives on.
    — Ahmed Ali Akbar, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025
  • How that came about will go down as legend in the history of the sport.
    — Maury Brown, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
  • Pete was a legend, some said, and a mentor to many.
    — Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The gap between the legend and the data is wide.
    — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2026
  • He was supposed to be a legend carved in marble.
    — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Old cities are built on myths and legends, and Richmond has many.
    — Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Securing my spot as an icon, if not a legend.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Ready to move on from the franchise legends who carried you to new heights?
    — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2026
  • But like all good yarns, the legend has continued to evolve.
    — JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2025
  • And believe us, these legends truly live up to the hype.
    — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Someone else dared someone else to be a legend.
    — Thomas Lake, AJC.com, 4 June 2026
  • More than a decade later, the two legends are hoping to do it again.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026
  • More than a decade later, the two legends are hoping to do it again.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
  • And then there’s Whiskey House, which is less a bar than a legend.
    — Lanee Lee, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026

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