notorious

Example Sentences

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The regime released him from the notorious Helicoide prison in Caracas on Sunday after eight months of incarceration.

From The Wall Street Journal

In one, she stood before a group of imprisoned men with shaved heads packed into tight rows in a notorious El Salvadoran prison.

From The Wall Street Journal

Previously understood as a notorious brute even by 19th-century standards, Heathcliff now exhibits signs of having earned perfect grades in today’s campus training modules.

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Especially notorious is lead chromate mixed in with cinnamon to achieve a bright colour or bulk out the powders.

From BBC

Schneider was once the architect of a championship roster centered around Wilson and the notorious “Legion of Boom” defense.

From The Wall Street Journal