How to Use living legend in a Sentence

living legend

noun
  • But has the living legend heard all about that game?
    — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 19 June 2026
  • Just read his teammates’ quotes in this piece to see how revered the living legend is.
    — Chris Branch, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
  • No one took a second to bow down to the greatness of a living legend.
    — Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The event is open to the public, completely free and a rare chance to meet a living legend.
    — Karri Peifer, Axios, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Happy birthday to a living legend and queen!
    — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Yet somehow the living legend always seems to make time to speak about what’s important to her.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Bear in mind that these are the worst seats in a house known for its sound issues, but that’s still a bargain to see a living legend.
    — Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Now the living legend, who turned 82 in May, is coming back to town — this time for two shows.
    — Journal Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2023
  • With this role, she's solidified her standing as a living legend.
    — Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Having personally spent time with this living legend and get his blessing, is a gift.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Rather, this past season seemed to reinvigorate the living legend.
    — Josh Yohe, New York Times, 21 May 2026
  • All of a sudden, watching the men’s grand slam final wasn’t quite as important as the return of a living legend.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 9 June 2026
  • The singer’s resistance to top-of-face tweaking does not extend to her delicate brows, which pay homage to a living legend.
    — Jenny Berg, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Justin Verlander is a living legend returning home, perhaps still with good stuff left in the tank.
    — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2026
  • And one living legend is making his way back fresh from celebrating his 90th birthday.
    — Journal Sentinel, 31 May 2023
  • The first one depicts the living legend against a wooden backdrop, seated on a rocking chair with a Gibson in hand.
    — Barry Samaha, Robb Report, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Prince Edward just spent time with a living legend — Jonathan, a 192-year-old tortoise.
    — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Also, listen, Bill Condon is a living legend.
    — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 20 Nov. 2025
  • Later, Swift and the living legend embraced backstage and grinned in a photo together.
    — Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2024
  • But Carol Burnett might be the only living legend who can literally steal scenes in her sleep.
    — Jenelle Riley, Variety, 8 Aug. 2024
  • The truth was, Hans Niemann shouldn’t have been sitting across from a living legend like Magnus Carlsen.
    — Ben Mezrich, Vanity Fair, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Having a living legend like Gregory featuring on my music is a huge milestone moment for me.
    — Katie Bain, Billboard, 15 Sep. 2023
  • But the son of a living legend whose impressive dunks have been habitually pumped into internet video platforms for about half a decade now?
    — Corbin Smith, Rolling Stone, 15 Apr. 2023
  • Kazan, struggling to find a local cinematographer whose work appealed to him, lucked into hiring a living legend.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
  • But in a fragmented modern culture, even the arrival of a literal living legend could risk revealing too much about the present moment.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 23 May 2026
  • This season could be a history-making thriller — with the potential to elevate a living legend or crown a new champion.
    — Sahil Kapur, NBC News, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Kimmel even kicked things up a notch by wearing a T-shirt with a photoshopped image of him and the Lakers living legend riding on a jet ski together.
    — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 4 July 2024
  • Read Helen’s profile on this living legend of vaccinology.
    — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 2 Mar. 2026
  • One living legend who has supported Roan throughout her career also reached out — Sir Elton John.
    — Stephen Daw, Billboard, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Cheer for your favorite elf at Dolly Parton’s Stampede or do any number of things suggested by the living legend herself.
    — Anna Borges, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Nov. 2023

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