Legend

//ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ənd//

"Legend" in a Sentence (29 examples)

We are familiar with the legend of Robin Hood.

That story is household legend.

The legend has come down in this district from olden times.

The legend gave the name to the place.

The mountain is famous in myth and legend.

The song descended from a legend.

A mysterious legend has been handed down about this lake.

President Kennedy was killed, but his legend will live on forever.

According to one legend, it gets its name from a priest.

They were erected to commemorate a certain event or to tell an ancestral legend.

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As a child she had nothing to read but the legends of early Christian martyrs.

The legend of Troy was discovered to have a historical basis.

the legend of Robin Hood

The 1984 Rose Bowl prank has spawned many legends. Here's the real story.

According to his legend, he once worked for the Red Cross, spreading humanitarian aid in Africa.

If the documents are needed to establish "a light legend," meaning a superficial cover story, no steps are taken to make sure that if someone calls the college or motor vehicle department, the name on the document will be registered.

Sorge solidified his own position by returning to Germany and developing a new legend. He joined the Nazi Party[…].

Both the agent's legend and documents were intended to stand up against casual questions from Soviet citizens, such as during a job interview, or a routine police document check, such as were made at railway stations.

According to ancient legend, a Greek girl, partaking of saffron for an entire week, could not resist a lover.

Achilles is a legend in Greek culture.

Michael Jordan stands as a legend in basketball.

Sachin Tendulkar stands as a legend in cricket.

I've lost my pen! —Here mate, borrow mine. —You legend.

According to the legend on the map, that building is a school.

Further clues are provided by milk-floats bearing the legend 'Lord Rayleigh's Dairies: A Family Business', and a number of signs indicating the whereabouts of various departments of Lord Rayleigh's Farms.

[…]there were three small brass coins there, the gift of Ymar. Their legends, like their faces, had worn away; and they were dark with verdigris — in appearance precisely the ancient things they were.

The legend displacement on the basis then in use was 48,000 tons, the corresponding standard displacement as defined by the Washington Treaty being 47,540 tons.

The legend and sketch designs were submitted to the Board on 27th March 1916 and, after examining a model and the drawings, the Sea Lords generally favoured proposal 'B'; the extra weight involved being acceptable.

Nor ladie's wanton love , nor wand'ring knight, Legend I out in rymes all richly dight

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