LEGENDARY in a Sentence

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Example sentences for LEGENDARY, such as:

1. The sewer of Paris in the Middle Ages was legendary.
2. A legendary artist and inventor, builder of the Labyrinth.
3. Her resistance to the Nationalists endowed her with legendary status.

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 Meanings and Examples of LEGENDARY
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legendary
 a.  mythical; fabled; extremely well known; famous or renowned
Classic Sentence:
1  Even the legendary craft of the company, a craft subtler and more secret than its fabled books of secret subtle wisdom, had not fired his soul with the energy of apostleship.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
2  The sewer of Paris in the Middle Ages was legendary.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER III—BRUNESEAU
Example Sentence:
1  A legendary artist and inventor, builder of the Labyrinth.
2  Julie Wall, a cashier in eastern England, had eight thousand of them - practically every song the legendary star ever released.
3  Gwen's aplomb in handling potentially embarrassing moments was legendary around the office; when one of her clients broke a piece of her best crystal, she coolly picked up her own goblet and hurled it into the fireplace.
4  Her resistance to the Nationalists endowed her with legendary status.