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legend

How to use legend in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for legend.

Editorial note

Love the last sentence of the article, quoting Wolf: "What a fucking legend.

Examples13
Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of legend gathered in one view.

noun

a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events

noun

brief description accompanying an illustration

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for legend.

noun

a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events

noun

brief description accompanying an illustration

Example sentences

1

Love the last sentence of the article, quoting Wolf: "What a fucking legend.

2

"This stinks of the standard urban legend trope structure, and with that in mind, I don't think it's true.

3

Only the "we only use 10%, 20% of our brain" thing is false, basically an urban legend.

4

As legend would have it, Joe had a binder of credit cards the way kids would have binders of baseball cards.

5

Do you think that Zuckerberg is the best developer at Facebook - legend may say so but it's not true - can't be.

6

Even so, nobody jumped out any windows on Black Tuesday -- it was an urban legend.

7

I want Tesla to get his due, but not the whitewashed grandfatherly Tesla of meme legend, but the real very flawed guy.

8

Here we have a man who is a legend in the games industry, and also started a company sending rockets into space.

9

Eventually large parts were rewritten by Shigesato Itoi himself, as the legend goes.

10

But a legend never ages, never goes into maintenance mode, never gets buried neck-deep in strategy tax. I can't hate _why for info-dying young and leaving a good looking cyber-corpse.

11

MS' far-reaching speculative research is the stuff of legend, and far too infrequently translated into the commercial sphere.

12

How did he arrive at all of them at 9 am in order to watch his cat videos?This story should be considered guilty of being an urban legend until proven innocent.

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What I think is especially touching about this is how he gently deconstructs his success, demystifying his own legend by pulling back the curtain on what would have otherwise appeared to be a string of miraculous accomplishments.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use legend in a sentence?

Love the last sentence of the article, quoting Wolf: "What a fucking legend.

What does legend mean?

a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events

What part of speech is legend?

legend is commonly used as noun.