Sample Sentences for
notorious
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    "A majority of those years have been spent serving in Garden Heights," the voice-over continues, "a neighborhood notorious for gangs and drug dealers."  (source)
    notorious = well known for something bad
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    In the days that followed, ballad sellers began to cry out new and final verses to the notorious life of Hold-Your-Nose Billy and his partner, Cutwater.  (source)
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    One of the suspects called a notorious drug dealer to offer him a chance to buy some stolen watches.  (source)
    notorious = well known (for something bad)
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    After leaving the summit, fifteen minutes of cautious shuffling over a 7,000-foot abyss brought me to the notorious Hillary Step,  (source)
    notorious = well known for something bad
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    who ... was notoriously selfish and cruel,  (source)
    notoriously = well known, in a bad way, for being
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    ...but his job lasted only as long as his notoriety:  (source)
    notoriety = the state of being known for something bad
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    Nwayieke lived four compounds away, and she was notorious for her late cooking.†  (source)
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    The Union Leader was a notoriously conservative paper, The New York Times a liberal one.  (source)
    notoriously = well known for something bad
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    For his part, Albus had arrived at Hogwarts under the burden of unwanted notoriety. Scarcely a year previously, his father, Percival, had been convicted of a savage and well-publicized attack upon three young Muggles.  (source)
    notoriety = fame for something bad
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    Books about the law are notorious for being very long, very dull, and very difficult to read.†  (source)
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    Air is notoriously uncooperative when it comes to giant, gaping holes in your EVA suit.†  (source)
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    I think it's appalling that a public servant, paid by the city, would seek notoriety through tragedy.  (source)
    notoriety = fame for connection to something bad
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    Vikings were notorious for appropriating from other cultures†  (source)
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