1. The Kravchenko trial became a cause celebre in Paris and internationally.

2. A key figure in this cause celebre, he chose to hide away and keep his mouth shut.

3. It has become a cause celebre for some moviegoers who are tired of big-budget genre movies.

4. The trial of John Peter Zenger, a cause celebre in the eighteenth century, helped to establish freedom of the press in America.

5. The death of anti-fascist activist Blair Peach during a protest in 1979 has always been a cause celebre for campaigners against police use of excessive force.

6. Italy's politicians have said they will create new right-to-die laws, as the country absorbs the death of a woman whose case became a cause celebre.

7. But for 18-year-old Constance McMillen, a milestone was reached sooner than she had anticipated when she emerged as a cause celebre among gay rights advocates around the nation.