once-famous

The plans of four once-famous opera singers to put on a concert at their retirement home go wrong as buried grudges come to the surface.

She was once famous for her curves, making a name for herself as one of the country's foremost glamour models.

Most visibly, his once- famous shaggy locks have been shorn to a tight cut, and his facial hair has been trimmed into a thin goatee.

As a Chicha stadium was once famous wrestling master, Hao Cheng Guang this point is very clear: no fewer than FireWire minor injuries.

The fact that you were once famous doesn't mean you're above suspicion .

Israel, once famous for oranges, is now better known for the irrigation technology it developed to grow them.

Once famous for its running shoes, other forms of footwear and clothing and sporting equipment as well.

EXAMPLE: The uninspired, workmanlike performance of the once famous classical pianist disappointed his audience.

A phrase once famous among us has sometimes seemed to me fit for English use about Ireland.

Once famous for its nightlife and culture, Shanghai, after decades of depression, starts to acquire its reputation again.

This book was once famous, but nobody reads it today.

The black bears of Yosemite were once famous for breaking into parked cars to steal food.

So America, once famous for its can-do attitude, now has a can't-do government that makes excuses instead of doing its job.

Once famous, he is now a mere object of pity.

Nepotism and bribery had rotted the moral fiber of units once famous for their discipline.

The book was once famous, but nobody reads it now.

Hidden away in some quiet streets of the capital are once-famous names tipped as future leaders. They now live in obscurity.

Once-famous firms such as British Leyland, GEC and ICI have fallen apart or been taken over and dismembered.