ill fame
Example Sentences
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There is, of course, a good reason for am-dram's ill fame.
From The Guardian • Dec. 15, 2012
Each of them have already made unfathomable sums of money and known, for good and ill, fame at its most hardcore.
From The Guardian • Jun. 25, 2010
Next day died a quarrelsome fellow of ill fame for his notorious sins, and when his body was carried past the lame man's door, the paralytic was able to stand.
From The Book of Delight and Other Papers by Abrahams, Israel
The country is full of stories concerning it, and it has long had an ill fame.
From Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's by Kennedy, John P.
She had long lived under ill fame, and her neighbours were resolved to get rid of her at the earliest opportunity.
From Witch Stories by Linton, E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn)
