All 11 Uses of
prominent
in
Atlas Shrugged
- His face was cut by prominent cheekbones and by a few sharp lines; they were not the lines of age, he had always had them: this had made him look old at twenty, and young now, at forty-five.†
Chpt 1.2
- His mouth was the one part of him which he could not pull tight at any time; it was uncomfortably prominent in his lean face, attracting the eyes of any listener: when he spoke, the movement ran through his lower lip, twisting its moist flesh into extraneous contortions of its own.†
Chpt 1.10
- I was prominently connected, at various times, with enterprises manufacturing surgical appliances, paper containers, men's hats and vacuum cleaners.†
Chpt 1.10
- A few people stood in clusters on the half-deserted platform; animated conversations seemed to be going on, and newspapers were more prominently in evidence than usual.†
Chpt 1.10
- A group of seats at the side of the courtroom was reserved for the prominent visitors who had come from New York to witness the trial.†
Chpt 2.4
- There will be, I think, a few old-fashioned bastards here and there who'll refuse to sign-but they won't be prominent enough to make a noise, nobody will hear about it, their own communities and friends will turn against them for their being selfish, so it won't give us any trouble.†
Chpt 2.6
- It's supposed to be disastrous for public morale, if any prominent person quits, and Jim doesn't want them to know that he's got a deserter right in his own family…… But that's not all.†
Chpt 2.7
- The wording of the paragraph suggested that her disappearance had been a prominent public issue, not yet dropped.†
Chpt 3.3 *
- He's got a radio program where he interviews prominent public figures, it's a national hookup, he has a large following, he reaches over twenty million people.†
Chpt 3.3
- She had been placed at a table prominent enough to display her to the assembly, but obscure enough to keep her out of the line of Galt's sight, along with those who had incurred Galt's disfavor: with Dr. Ferris and Eugene Lawson.†
Chpt 3.8
- The camera was roving over the ballroom, flashing to the screen and to the country the faces of the prominent guests, the faces of the tensely watchful leaders and-once in a while-the face of John Galt.†
Chpt 3.8
Definition:
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(prominent as in: a prominent politician) well-known or important -- especially of a person who is respected