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
Though reputed brave, his treachery has won him a permanent ill fame.
From First Footsteps in East Africa by Sir Richard Francis Burton
Universally, however, the landlords showed some shrewdness, or even sagacity, in qualifying, according to the circumstances of the inquirer, the sort of credit which they allowed to the exaggerated ill fame of the roads.
From Autobiographical Sketches by Thomas De Quincey
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 E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn) Linton
