How To Use Repute In A Sentence

Many specialized institutions now equal the university in repute.
The portrait, reputed to be the most widely reproduced photograph in the world, has come to symbolize not just the ideals of the Cuban revolution but of revolution in general.
The man who backbites an absent friend, nay, who does not stand up for him when another blames him, the man who angles for bursts of laughter and for the repute of a wit, who can invent what he never saw, who cannot keep a secret - that man is black at heart: mark and avoid him. Northern Rock - Pay staff a bonus with public cash.
The three-time world champion only resumed playing last month after a six-month ban on disrepute charges. The Sun
He has little repute as an academic.

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We need reform so that a suspended sentence can be converted by the original judge if the convicted criminals bring it into disrepute by their behaviour. The Sun
Further, this type of approach would soon bring the concept of a computer based system into disrepute.
He was taller than me, handsome, an athlete of repute.
He was extremely fit and is reputed to have been one of the fastest runners in the village and also regularly won local cycle races.
Tintagel Castle, the reputed birthplace of King Arthur, is being excavated professionally for the first time in more than 50 years.
Bvt as it hath bene alwayes reputed a great fault to vse figuratiue speaches foolishly and indiscretly, so is it esteemed no lesse an imperfection in mans vtterance, to haue none vse of figure at all, specially in our writing and speaches publike, making them but as our ordinary talke, then which nothing can be more vnsauourie and farre from all ciuilitie. The Arte of English Poesie
Was it an eyesore or an artwork of international repute? Times, Sunday Times
Because the four judges on the show kept picking on him for bringing dance into disrepute. Times, Sunday Times
Few details are known of the original Colossus of Rhodes, which was built by a local sculptor between 304 and 292BC and whose face was reputedly modelled on that of Alexander the Great.
You just don't call a measly step or even two on a legend nicknamed "Air" any more than you call Barry Bonds, reputed to have the best eye at the plate in baseball, out on strikes on a borderline pitch. Starr Gazing: Is The Fix In?
This short story was published by two journals of repute.
The Slyme ale-house had an ill repute, and was said to be haunted moreover; none would lie there the night who had anything to lose -- 'twas the haunt of kites and 'corbie craws.' Border Ghost Stories
[*] Though the judge's portrait, reprinted in White Heat, suggests the very antithesis of Byronic romance, it was very likely Lord in whose arms Emily Dickinson was reputedly once seen "reclining" in the Homestead parlor by her scandalized neighbor/sister-in-law Susan Dickinson. The Woman in White
Criticism was in repute and flourished; commentaries, notes, and quibbles, abounded on the glorious works of genius that had been written aforetime. Zoe: The History of Two Lives
He is ill reputed in the business community.
We'd expected modern and clean, with curtains, carpets and polished samovars, happy, helpful provodniks and reputedly awful food.
The house is reputedly haunted by a ghost, after a woman preparing to elope with her lover fell from her horse on the road near the house.
It is reputed in Japanese culture that noisy eating is a compliment to the cook.
We don't want New Zealand's good name muddied by links for the torture of prisoners, which is reputed to include beatings, electric shock treatment, and sleep, food and water deprivation. New Zealand Herald - Top Stories
Dr. Veena has been a Yoga teacher of high repute for almost 25 years.
They live by their fishings, and are reputed to be the best boatsmen and cragsmen in the archipelago.
The situation is that of the outsider meeting the pleasures of a different, reputedly splendid civilization.
Worse, since drill-n-kill programs make an end-run around reputedly incompetent teachers, it is children in public schools -- rather than private, elitist charter schools -- that end up suffering computer disempowerment. Miguel Guhlin: Nurture Human Talents
Techniques were copied from America - for example, by the French Baron Mackau, who plastered Paris with a reputed two million posters for an election in 1889.
John Woo certainly lives up to his repute and delivers absolutely breathtaking action scenes and camera maneuvers, which are, quite frankly, the only aspects that keep you watching the movie till the end.
I had to check the dictionary to discover that Boeotians were inhabitants of a city-state northwest of Attica, reputed to be dull and stupid.
So I went back, and saw a man, presumably of ill repute, sideling up to the ATM machine as it asked if I needed more time, and when he saw me, he dashed away. A mystery! « knitnut.net
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A rabbit has been calculated to possess one-hundred-million olfactory receptors-small wonder its little schnozz is always twitching, it is trapped in an undulating blizzard of aromatic stimuli-and Marcel "Bunny" LeFever was reputed, with some exaggeration, to be the human equivalent of Peter Cottontail. La insistencia de Jürgen Fauth
Combine kiwis in a fruit salad with scrumptious strawberries (which were reputed to contain a love potion by medieval gardeners) and see what happens!
_Henry_ Earle of Surrey and Sir _Thomas Wyat_, betweene whom I finde very litle difference, I repute them (as before) for the two chief lanternes of light to all others that haue since employed their pennes vpon English Poesie, their conceits were loftie, their stiles stately, their conueyance cleanely, their termes proper, their meetre sweete and well proportioned, in all imitating very naturally and studiously their The Arte of English Poesie
This type of attack brings politics into disrepute and goes some way to accounting for the lack of interest in local elections.
TACOMA - Robberies, assaults and other crimes dipped in a large part of Tacoma in February after police and federal agents cracked down on several reputed members of the city's oldest - and allegedly most active - street gang. The Olympian Online -- YahooNews
Boogie-woogie was generally confined to barrelhouses, dance halls, and houses of ill-repute.
He is reputed to have said: ‘I can calculate the motions of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people’.
Another hormone reputed to be a veritable fountain of youth is dehydroepiandrosterone, which is naturally produced in the adrenal glands.
I use the term barbarism in contradistinction to civilization, and very respectfully refer to authorities of repute in justification of this use of the word, both to designate the quality of the _thing_, and the precise locality of its fittest application; for although The Right of American Slavery
Aranganathan, a writer and literary critic of repute, has written an article on Paa.Visalam's book.
They face possible suspension for discreditable conduct and bringing the Police Service into disrepute.
Why, look ye," said the latter, as the coin jingled in his bag, "I was ever held in good repute as a guide, and can make my way blindfold over the bogs and mosses hereabout; and I would pilot thee to the place yonder, if my fealty to the prior -- that is -- if -- I mean -- though I was never a groat the richer for his bounty; yet he may not like strangers to pry into his garners and store-houses, especially in these evil times, when every cur begins to yelp at the heels of our bountiful mother; and every beast to bray out its reproaches at her great wealth and possessions. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 (of 2)
The MPA can approve expenditure on legal advice under strict criteria, subject to limits on the amount to be disbursed, for cases which have potential to bring the organisation as a whole into disrepute. Scotland Yard paid John Yates's legal bills
It is well reputed for its fine teaching but the pinnacle of its fame is its glorious chapel with its murals of intricate artwork.
This risks bringing the house into further disrepute, especially if the member concerned is then able to claim further attendance allowances from the public purse. Times, Sunday Times
The administration of justice is being dragged into disrepute.
This is borne out by him in his famous book on Otters, Ring of Bright Water where he writes, ‘They bear as much relation to a domestic cat as a wolf does to a terrier and they are reputedly untameable.’
He had already taken Cologne, where he was reputed to have massacred 11,000 virgins.
Nunnington Hall is reputed to be haunted by a presence that prevents any occupant of the Panelled Bedroom, which has an adjoining oratory, from sleeping until it has passed over the bed and out through the wall.
The myth that the good partisans founded a new, decent Italy all on their own, has been in disrepute for a long time now.
Jealousy is reputed to be one of their worst faults, but Taureans are no more inclined to jealousy than any of the other signs.
This is a remnant of the ancient Forest of Caledon that is reputed to have once stretched from the Beauly Firth to the Argyll coast. Country diary: Glen Strathfarrar
In a separate attack, Chanel's Web site was defaced by an attacker calling himself ‘TheRegister’, which we are somewhat concerned may bring our name into repute.
Four thousand years ago, Da Yu, the reputed founder of the Xia Dynasty (21st-16th century B. C. ), established a slave state here. It is said that Mt.
To my shame a reputation bent or maimed defamed the image staid, and disrepute disgraced my case, plagued with infamy and ill repute, a name ablaze by imputation as a most unsavoury reputation won or lost or never claimed. Reputation Never Claimed
As such, the 1880s and 1890s found dandyism once more of good repute. The Dandy | Edwardian Promenade
But the prolonged depression of the inter-war period upset this relationship, causing the quantity theory to fall into disrepute.
Decent restaurants, shops of international repute, bearable hotel, excellent restaurants and the bustle that spells boom.
A councillor has been found guilty of bringing Bolton Council into disrepute by making a racist remark.
Jordan was paid a reputed $20 million pay-off in 1994 after claiming the singer molested him.
Princeton University sent a team that was reputed to be the best equipped, with the latest telescopes and spectroscopes needed for the job.
Marmot meat is an acquired taste though, being reputedly strong, stringy and tough.
All this action does is muddle the faithful and bring the faith into needless disrepute.
The reputed beauty and the prodigious length and weight of the hair of Absalom, the son of David, as recorded in the sacred text, would be sufficient to startle the most enthusiastic modern dandy that cultivates the crinal ornament of his person. The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources
Cheney and Hayman challenge the popular notion that Eocene crustal extension formed the so called Chiwaukum graben, in which the non-marine, arkosic Chumstick Formation reputedly was deposited during faulting. EurekAlert! - Breaking News
He faces six charges of bringing the game into disrepute .
Its managers were of the highest repute, and they were able to charge very high fees.
The players' behaviour on the field is likely to bring the game into disrepute .
(for his family is one that stands in very good repute all over that country), entertained him here and there at their Christmas merrymakings, so that he was constantly riding to and fro, from one house to another, and sometimes, when the place of his destination was distant, or for other reason, as the unsafeness of the roads, he would be constrained to lie the night at an inn. Ghost Stories of an Antiquary Part 2: More Ghost Stories
The pair were then hauled before the Board to answer disrepute charges. The Sun
Probably there were many that were thus kept for fortune-tellers, but, it should seem, this was more in repute than any of them; for, while others brought some gain, this brought much gain to her masters, being consulted more than any other. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)
Even in terms of only modified rapture, however, Sebok's musicianship could be judged as beyond repute.
A self-confessed soft spot for wine and women reputedly put a hasty end to his vocation, but he is still an ardent Christian.
She sold her share of the company for a reputed ￡7 million.
Cudjoe, reputed to be a powerful Obeah man; that is, a necromancer, or what the North American Indians would call a medicine-man. The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley
Civil servants are liable to disciplinary action if they fail to observe any government regulation or official instruction, misconduct themselves in any manner or, by their actions, bring the civil service into disrepute.
He was a scholar of international repute. The Times Literary Supplement
‘Li is reputed to have a close business relationship with key figures in Beijing and he has a number of real estate and infrastructure projects in the mainland,’ said the document.
The moonwort was formerly associated with many superstitions and was reputed to open all locks at a mere touch, and to unshoe all horses that trod upon it. The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada
The old system had fallen into disrepute.
She is reputed to be very wealthy.
He is reputed to have used the back of an envelope on which to scribble his aims before meeting the media outside Number 10.
She sold her share of the company for a reputed ￡7 million.
As a retired flour dealer, he possessed a snug independency, and had fitted up, for himself, a small house, for the garden of which my father, early in repute as a landscape gardener, kindly drew a variety of plans. Autobiography and Other Memorials of Mrs. Gilbert, Formerly Ann Taylor
My father was a historian of repute. His speciality was the history of Germany.
Schwarz had an agent who would serve as the key intermediary for this operation: Trillium, the flower code for a reputed Zionist named Andor Gross, alias Andre György, a chatty and somewhat disreputable intriguer who over the years had been a freelance courier for both the Allied and Axis intelligence services in Istanbul. Wild Bill Donovan
It's doubtful if either has the chops for such clownishness, although they both are reputed to have fierce tempers.
Motherwort is reputed to release tension caused by emotional and mental stress.
Community as the basis for Movement-making is in disrepute, replaced by mailings, marketing and polling, Twitter and Facebook. Reverend Billy: Notes for Sunday's Sermon
She is reputed to be Europe's best singer.
The Army ‘eight’, is reputed to be fiery in their loose play and this will no doubt, test the strength of their opponents this evening.
The next, and last degree of all, is the doctorship, after other three years, for the which he must once again perform all such exercises and acts as are before remembered; and then is he reputed able to govern and teach others, and likewise taken for a doctor. Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series)
Several singers of international repute made or consolidated their early reputations with the company, which continues to provide a training ground for young Welsh singers.
High winds now prevented us from visiting the Monach Isles, reputedly site of the world's second largest seal colony.
A woman of ill repute, Ripples is a permanent fixture at Aldo's.
The narrow street had scores of tiny restaurants and bars with convenient upstairs rooms of ill repute. Times, Sunday Times
Reputed to have been drowned in a butt of malmsey, Clarence was the younger brother of Edward IV.
Treating patients, not tourists, Kerala ayurveda centre stands apart KOTTAKKAL - Ayurveda centres that promise to pamper tourists have mushroomed all over India, but a reputed 107-year-old institution in Kottakkal still strictly adheres to the philosophy of "treating patients" - while doing good business. Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7
Various designs were impressed on brass buttons - the new president's initials, a chain linking the states' initials, and an eagle and sunrise design that George Washington is reputed to have worn at his inauguration.
Starting in the barrelhouses and places of even lower repute, piano players provided entertainment often by themselves in places that required music in high spirits.
Secretary's Office, was reputed to be an excellent mathematician, and had high testimonials of his qualification, he applied for the professorship; evidently feeling the anomalousness of his position, and his inability and powerlessness to establish a system of Public School The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada
He said the solicitors' code of conduct indicated that they should behave with dignity and not bring the profession into disrepute.
Considering the disrepute in which the Chicago School currently finds itself within economics, do we really want to ensconce that economic model (er, religion?) in the highcourt? The Volokh Conspiracy » Obama’s Diverse Shortlist
He is reputed to be intelligent
This sort of behaviour brings capitalism into disrepute. Times, Sunday Times
Although you're reputed to be a woman not easily daunted, it might still be comforting to know that you arenot alone. Elisabeth Rhyne: An Open Letter to Elizabeth Warren
The following pages list the alleged and reputed members, associate members, and associates of each of the four above-mentioned sectors. Kill the Irishman
Those who knew him by repute, or knew him not at all, are similarly indebted to a man who did so much, either directly or indirectly, to make Australia a better place in which to live.
The theatre world found this extremely amusing, although the actor reputedly did not.
The royal palace was splendid and reputedly contained a large wine cellar.
Both universities have medical schools, hospitals, clinics and research centers of worldwide repute.
He also disputed the number of car parking spaces, which reputedly would be available in the immediate vicinity of the licensed premises.
You are brilliant, active and skillful in professional ventures and gain repute in your field of activity.
The bank are reputed to have spent [pounds sterling] 400,000 on the purchase and twice that amount on the restoration.
Traditional garrons are used for bringing beasts off the hill to what is reputedly one of the finest Victorian deer larders in Scotland.
In my heart of hearts, I think unenforceable laws such as these are abominations that bring the entire legal system into disrepute.
Just a couple of months back Lynn was reputed to have talked him out of an early marriage because she felt he wasn't ready to settle down.
By then he was reputed worldwide for his pioneering work in anthropology. Times, Sunday Times
`The food there is reputed to be good, and the visiting Catholic chaplain celebrates the Tridentine Mass on the quiet. THE FIVE MILLION DOLLAR PRINCE
The elephant, which is reputed to enjoy immunity from all other illnesses, is occasionally subject to flatulency. The History of Animals
Dod is reputed to have had archery in his blood, one of his ancestors having commanded the English bowmen at Agincourt.
It has brought the game, in footballing parlance, into disrepute.
They called Jesus a ‘winebibber,’ said he consorted with lowlifes, and accused him of bringing the name of the religious community into disrepute by violating the social laws of religious apartheid.
She was a theatre major, and a director of repute within the student body.
While books by Indian authors are flying off the shelves, tandoori fare is reputed to have overtaken fish and chips as the national favorite.
_Amban_, reputed to reach their height in the territory just across the The Jungle Girl
Did those scribes care for their hands, tend their fingers, in the way classical musicians are reputed to?
Her mother was a woman of ill-repute: an ex-playmate, Ford model and all round good-time girl with a string of groupie relationships to her name.
She is reputed to be extremely wealthy.
When Emmet first heard this song he is reputed to have said ‘oh that I were at the head of twenty thousand men marching to that air’.
Monk is confident he will not be hit with a disrepute charge this week over his Moses cheat claim. The Sun
Because it is reputed to affect the menstrual cycle and to be an abortifacient, its use in pregnancy and lactation is to be avoided.
Aristotle, who will still have a hand in everything, makes a 'quaere' upon the saying of Solon, that none can be said to be happy until he is dead: "whether, then, he who has lived and died according to his heart's desire, if he have left an ill repute behind him, and that his posterity be miserable, can be said to be happy? The Essays of Montaigne — Complete
My father was a historian of repute. His speciality was the history of Germany.
Involvement with terrorist groups brought the political party into disrepute.
In order to join MBA program in any reputed institute, they need to crack entrance exams – CAT, MAT, XAT, JEE, MBACET etc with good score. Archive 2009-03-01
Rhino horn is said to make men sexually unstoppable, and asparagus, bananas, eels, oysters, figs and ginseng are all reputed to get you going.
Although tawny owls are reputed to have a hoot, this one whistled, which is probably why it is often referred to in the books as a screech owl.
That brings football into disrepute. The Sun
The worst of the lot was Sam Brown, a Texas-born badman who literally cut a broad swathe through Texas, California, and Nevada—his favorite weapon was the bowie knife—leaving a reputed sixteen victims in his wake. LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY
Since then, his book has spent 15 weeks at number one over here, and there have been two megabucks American book deals and a reputed $6.3 million film deal.
The Ipswich party had to stay in a hotel of ill repute just a stone's throw from the notorious red light district. Sir Alf: A Major Reappraisal of the Life and Times of England's Greatest Football Manager
Competition judges said they were impressed with the grade one listed building of Celtic origin, which St Patrick is reputed to have visited.
The monster, which is reputed to live in the deep dark water of a Scottish loch.
You are brilliant, active and skillful in professional ventures and gain repute in your field of activity.
Meet any software professional from even the most reputed firms and all they do is crib.
His heretical views on creation brought him into some disrepute.
She could not or would not cook and her mother-in-law was reputed to be the best cook in Egypt.
Back then decent people didn't stay in what were called "inns" because they were known to be of ill repute. Christianity Today
I am seriously worried that the whole thing is going to bring the whole of politics into disrepute, meaning that people will start "fending" for themselves and largely ignoring rules and regs. We Don't Need Another Hero
But it has a more lasting claim to national and indeed international repute as the home of one of Britain's most curious and significant tombs. Times, Sunday Times
That is why synthetic outcries of this kind are a distraction, trivialising sexism, and bringing a vital issue into disrepute. Times, Sunday Times
This theory fell into disrepute in the fifties.
With actors of such high repute, the Lusaka shows promise to be a big success and will definitely leave many a theatre goer screaming for more.
The reputed father having eloped from the Port to evade Justice — an order was issued by the Court to detain in the hands of Mr Wm Rideout a ballance of £4..15..4 due to the said Edwd. Gutenber-e Help Page
No other conspiracy theory matches that one in moral and intellectual disrepute. Times, Sunday Times
Some sources credit Amy Schauer, instructress in cookery at Brisbane's Central College from 1897 to 1938 and a renowned authority on culinary matters who was reputedly very fond of rich cakes and puddings.
COMMENT from MD EADES: FOS, which is perfectly lovely sweetish fiber, that is reputed to be good for the gut and be pro-biotic, isn’t usually used solo as sweetener, to my knowledge, although perhaps it is. Sweeter Than Sugar?
There is Pittsburgh, of grimy repute, recently named the most livable U.S. city.
She sold her share of the company for a reputed ￡7 million.
But the FA has decided not to hit him with a disrepute charge, although he has been warned about making such comments. The Sun
I would have you executed for your crime, but it would bring me into bad repute with my countrymen.
The players' behaviour on the field is likely to bring the game into disrepute .
I do approve that of St. Ambrose (Comment. in Genesis xxiv. 51), which he hath written touching Rebecca's spousals, A woman should give unto her parents the choice of her husband, [5876] lest she be reputed to be malapert and wanton, if she take upon her to make her own choice; [5877] for she should rather seem to be desired by a man, than to desire a man herself. Anatomy of Melancholy
This will only lengthen the time taken to deal with matters and will soon bring the procedure into disrepute. Personnel Management: A New Approach
Not surprisingly, credit card companies are picking up on this - probably gratefully actually, since 0% credit cards reputedly cost the industry more than £80 million a month.
The reader then needs to consider the American election of 2000 for some context and comparison of "repute" and "free and fair" as well as consider the history of Hamas. It's about TIME
Does perhaps the ridiculing of an area of academia bring the whole intellectual community into disrepute?
Zacharias was a minor painter when he wasn't living off his mistresses, and reputedly a dissolute.
The head is reputedly a Gorgon 's; the snakes I regard as the giveaway. A MEANS TO EVIL
The speech is equally conspicuous for what Paulson omitted to mention about his industry's own role in contributing to the low repute in which corporate America is now held.
The use of drugs is bringing the sport into disrepute.
As a boy he reputedly solved an architectural problem that had stumped a group of builders.
Uses - its pungent bitter smell is reputed to repel insects. Planning the Organic Herb Garden
Such was the alleged power of Mary's relics, and the repute of Vezelay in Christian Europe, that Bernard of Claircaux preached the Second Crusade from this basilica in 1146.
The legal profession has fallen into disrepute.
On the other hand, his evil repute has been wildly exaggerated by careless journalists and their local informants, who seek to embellish their limited acquaintance with a "desperado"; with the result that the real man has been virtually entombed by tale and legend which since his death has petrified as myth. An Epic of the Everglades
They had kept Tom in a tiny cell, feeding him nothing but a bit of moldy bread and some water of questionable repute.
Actions: astringent; reputed to clear liver conditions. The Dictionary of Modern Herbalism
The narrow street had scores of tiny restaurants and bars with convenient upstairs rooms of ill repute. Times, Sunday Times
Secondly, he was mocked in the house of Herod, which reputed him for a fool, and aliened from his wit, because he might have of him none answer. The Golden Legend, vol. 1
Jane Davenant was a natural suspect in view of her son William Davenant's reputed willingness to believe that Shakespeare begot him.
Mrs Ward was reputed to have the best herrings outside the fish markets in Dublin and Wicklow.
By then he was reputed worldwide for his pioneering work in anthropology. Times, Sunday Times
Even in those straitened times, Hilal's family was reputed to have several thousand, although the sheikh was too old to ride a camel and rarely saw them.
He said he had discovered a form of energy, which he called "orgone," that permeated the atmosphere and all living matter, and he built "orgone accumulators," which his patients sat inside to harness the energy for its reputed health benefits. WN.com - Financial News
He is reputedly worth 200 million. Times, Sunday Times
He is reputed as / to be the best surgeon in Paris.
But great cars can also shatter reputations and fell giants, leaving a legacy of bitterness and ill repute that throws a permanent road-block across promising paths of technical innovation.
Once a university lecturer, now a tour operator of international repute, Chris is a fount of all knowledge.
because of the scandal the school has fallen into disrepute
They were also taken to the machair to see the famous bloodstone with which the Morrisons are reputed to have hit the Macaulays in a clan battle.
It was in Galilee, a district of little repute, the inhabitants of which were looked upon as witless, that I crossed the track of the man Jesus. Chapter 17
They are reputed persons of a singular, wayward, and eccentric character.
Four thousand years ago, Da Yu, the reputed founder of the Xia Dynasty (21st-16th century B. C. ), established a slave state here. It is said that Mt.
However, they were anxious to gain control of the area again, and so in 1265 they built, but this time it was in stone and the castle reputedly had seven turrets.
Renowned for her light-hearted disregard of formality, kicking off her shoes and chewing gum at meetings, she is reputed to have removed her wig to break the tension during key meetings.

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