Notoriety

//noʊ.tɚ.aɪ.ə.ti//

"Notoriety" in a Sentence (12 examples)

Fadil craved notoriety.

Layla wasn't receiving the attention and notoriety that she wanted.

Sami craved notoriety.

I recalled her as an energetic, autocratic personality, somewhat inclined to charitable and social notoriety.

I recalled her as an energetic, autocratic personality, somewhat inclined to charitable and social notoriety, with a fondness for opening bazaars and playing the Lady Bountiful.

In 2019, Suga gained notoriety as well as the nickname “Uncle Reiwa,” after unveiling the name of Japan’s new imperial era.

Yanni's notoriety massively increased in Algeria.

Ziri achieved notoriety for his work on primates.

Kabyle textiles, the notoriety of saints.

[H]e who portrays examples of disinterestedness and intrepidity, confers on virtue the notoriety and homage that are due to it, and rouses in the spectators, the spirit of salutary emulation.

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I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me. I look upon notoriety with the same indifference as on the buttons on a man's shirt-front, or the crest on his note-paper.

This seems to me to be a reasonable request, and I will try to explain to you what it is that has given me this false notoriety; so please give me your attention.

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