English example sentences with "Prestige"

The problem affects the prestige of our school.

Several universities in this country enjoy great prestige.

I tried to repair his damaged prestige.

It is often assumed that this success means wealth, prestige or fame.

Tom's prestige is also being eroded.

Cantonese is the prestige dialect of the Yue group.

French culture continues to enjoy great prestige.

Algerian Arabs hate Kabyle but want to marry Kabyle to have prestige and respect.

In Tuareg society, owning a thousand camels commands respect and prestige.

The Berber language has survived centuries of invasions, wars, dictatorships, bans, loss of prestige, and neglect.

The tenants all love to live here because of the prestige of living in such a famous locality.

The Italian and French languages have much prestige for many Japanese.

The small Southeast Asian nation Laos has for the first time held the Southeast Asian Games, gaining prestige and an economic boost.

Hosting the talks is about more than just prestige for Kazakhstan, as the country looks to prevent the spreading influence of Islamist extremism at home.

Ziri's school started to lose its prestige.

His prestige is fading.

The prestige of the Societies had been effectually destroyed by the President’s denunciation; in a surprisingly short time these ambitious and troublemaking organizations sank into desuetude and were lost to view.

Power and prestige can play an important role in the spread of a language.

Our prestige is at stake.

Raise his prestige.

Received Pronunciation is a prestige accent.

A sunny day it was, this 30th of April of 2025. I walked several times to Tim Hortons café, here on Lulu Island, to enjoy various teas with oat milk, a Classic Lemonade, and a Turkey Bacon Club Sandwich. I went also to Starbucks café to enjoy an Iced Cherry Chai with oat milk. My Filipino friends, the baristas Anna and Jam, were there. At home, my family received a guest from Kenya: Moko. We talked about Swahili—or Kiswahili. She said that in neighbouring Zanzibar in Tanzania, one spoke a prestige dialect of Swahili. I recounted my fantasy of one day visiting Zanzibar. "Why not a safari tour?" she added. Yes, such would be nice, too—the fun countryside! Kenya is like the Philippines, we agreed, as many people might speak a local language, a regional language, a national language, and an international language. At home, in my bedroom, I could hear my Fijian neighbours, who are Cantonese, East Indian, and Black Caribbean in blending, chatting away!