How to Use notoriously in a Sentence

notoriously

adverb
  • The Lancers, who have been a notoriously slow-starting team through the years, never trailed in the first set.
    Joe Magill, cleveland, 11 Nov. 2022
  • The art world is notoriously hostile to change and has done business in the same way for decades.
    Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 23 Sep. 2024
  • That’s less than the pay for some jobs with notoriously low wages.
    Anna Cooban, CNN, 14 Apr. 2023
  • This line of work aims to get a clear image of the notoriously hard-to-view quantum world.
    Frank Wilczek, WSJ, 16 Mar. 2023
  • These hearty foods, both in taste and texture, can stand up to big flavors like tang and spice that can notoriously take over a dish.
    Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 11 July 2023
  • And there was the notoriously tough course itself, with its many dips and climbs, which rewards strength rather than flat-out speed.
    Scott Cacciola, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Still, such ships are notoriously elusive, and many may never see the light of day again.
    Will Noble, CNN, 19 Oct. 2022
  • The neck is notoriously quick to show signs of aging, and biology bears at least some of the blame.
    Jenny Berg, Vogue, 12 Aug. 2024
  • Trump, who is notoriously thin-skinned, has been unable to escape the barb since.
    Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling, The New Republic, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The pianist Glenn Gould notoriously hummed his way through it.
    Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 22 July 2023
  • The two have been married since 2010 and are notoriously protective of their kids.
    Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 15 May 2023
  • The float is smaller than that of most other notoriously volatile stocks.
    Bernard Condon, Fortune, 26 Apr. 2024
  • Care Instructions Linen sheets are notoriously durable and should last you a very long time.
    Kathleen Felton, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The rapper, whose made many major sports bets in his time, is notoriously bad at calling his shots.
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 11 Feb. 2024
  • If the stems are too chewy for your taste (shiitake stems are notoriously tough), freeze them along with any trimmings and add them to your next batch of beef or vegetable stock.
    Fatima Khawaja, Saveur, 31 May 2024
  • Winter gear is notoriously expensive, so spring sales are the best time to get good deals.
    Kelsey Glennon, Travel + Leisure, 3 May 2024
  • My work has given me insight into this notoriously stressful process, but not in the way that some might think.
    Rebekah Peeples, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2023
  • The team hopes to summit toward the end of the month or early June, depending on the mountain's notoriously volatile weather.
    Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 3 May 2023
  • Instagram This is the first time the notoriously private Emma has hit the red carpet in five months.
    Korin Miller, Women's Health, 14 Mar. 2023
  • The actor joined the notoriously scary movie as Jack, a counselor at a cursed camp where murder after murder takes place.
    James Mercadante, EW.com, 28 Oct. 2024
  • But there’s a dark side to all that potential upside: Tech stocks are notoriously volatile.
    Larry Light, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2024
  • The matches were two of the most frustrating during a 2022 campaign when FCC lived and died within the league's notoriously thin margins.
    The Enquirer, 17 May 2023
  • The United States does not have a deep state in large part because the U.S. bureaucracy is notoriously weak.
    Jon D. Michaels, Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024
  • The defense collapsed and let a Jaguars team that is notoriously bad at finishing games this season come back in the second half.
    Derrik Klassen, New York Times, 6 Nov. 2022
  • While living by the beach has its pros, our country’s mountains are notoriously scenic, too.
    Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 24 Sep. 2024
  • The couple is notoriously private about their kids, so no one will ever know.
    Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 19 Jan. 2023
  • But not a whole lot is known about the event, which is closed to the press and notoriously private, just like the boutique investment bank that hosts it (Allen & Co. did not respond to Fortune‘s request for comment).
    Chloe Berger, Fortune, 14 July 2023
  • Reviewers use it for eggs, chicken breasts, fish filets, and other foods that are notoriously hard to flip.
    Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Retail is a notoriously low-margin business and retailers cannot simply absorb a 3 percent to 4 percent hit on every transaction.
    Dustin Eide, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Looking back, Gasteyer is thrilled that Ferrell ended up messing with Combs, who went on to become a notoriously controversial figure with numerous allegations of abuse against him.
    Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 21 Nov. 2024

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