How to Use notorious in a Sentence

notorious

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• The coach is notorious for his violent outbursts.
• Some of the most notorious winter storms along the East Coast have been nor'easters.
  — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2020
• The first thing to know is that Kate is notorious for putting in serious work in the gym.
  — Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 2 Feb. 2023
• The road where Tiger Woods crashed has been notorious for decades.
  — Sarah Parvini, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2021
• So much so that the last person to do it was the notorious lefty Ronald Reagan, with the mass amnesty of 1986.
  — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 27 July 2024
• This time of year, when the depths of winter are on the horizon, are notorious for strong winds like this, Lutz said.
  — Emma Stein, Detroit Free Press, 22 Nov. 2021
• That the Red Army did next to nothing to assist them is notorious.
  — Andrew Stuttaford, WSJ, 5 Aug. 2022
• The boss was one of the most notorious human traffickers in Africa.
  — Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
• The most notorious of these raiders was the CSS Alabama.
  — James Hagengruber, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 June 2023
• Historians say the most notorious slavers used their wealth to fund the bank or staff it.
  — Marina Dias, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023
• The Game Boy was notorious for puzzle games, most of which were pretty dull.
  — PCMAG, 25 Mar. 2022
• The trial pulled the curtain back on rifts within one of the LAPD’s most storied — and notorious — units.
  — Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
• Most people dread going to the post office, where the lines are notorious.
  — CBS News, 13 Apr. 2020
• The bathroom is notorious for soap scum due to the amount of moisture, soap, and other products used.
  — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Nov. 2024
• Some fabrics, like linen and cotton, though great for the warmer weather, are notorious for wrinkling at the drop of a hat.
  — Kristine Solomon, Travel + Leisure, 26 Apr. 2024
• Connecticut is notorious for having a lot of smog — some of the worst levels in the country, in fact.
  — Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 22 Jan. 2023
• For starters, much of it is outside Canton Zurich, in an area notorious for its tax breaks.
  — Adam Graham, Robb Report, 3 Apr. 2022
• Footage showing abuse in the country's notorious Evin prison has leaked out.
  — Isabel Debre, ajc, 27 June 2022
• This culture was set in part by the most notorious coaches of the modern era: Béla and Márta Károlyi.
  — Kelly Jones, The Atlantic, 1 Aug. 2024
• The biggest concern for an investor in one of these ETFs is the notorious volatility in the price of bitcoin.
  — TIME, 11 Jan. 2024
• Use small jigs with short tails because the fish are notorious short-strikers.
  — Bill Heavey, Field & Stream, 3 May 2023
• The church was notorious for luring in young industry strivers; one of Scott’s good friends had joined.
  — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
• The corner of Hyde and Turk, this used to be a notorious area where there was a lot of drug-dealing and drug-using and all kind of things going on there.
  — CBS News, 19 June 2022
• The company is notorious for killing off all sorts of apps and devices.
  — WIRED, 1 Apr. 2023
• Bahceli has called for an amnesty that would allow some of Turkey’s most notorious mafia bosses to get out of jail.
  — Cagan Koc, Bloomberg.com, 26 June 2018
• The latter film, loosely based on H. G. Wells’ novel of the same name, was a notorious critical flop and a pain for Pearce to make.
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 18 Dec. 2024
• After all, the bicoastal rappers were once locked in a notorious hip-hop beef.
  — Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 19 Aug. 2023
• Along a dirt track, Facussé pointed out the notorious airstrip.
  — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2021
• That’s difficult, though, when the notorious big bad (Xander Berkeley) always seems to hold all the cards.
  — Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 22 Dec. 2024
• Her efforts have inspired a culture of collaboration and resilience, giving artists the tools to thrive in an industry notorious for its challenges.
  — Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 31 Jan 2025