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
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.
We see in the tale of "Le Jugleor" that they acquired ill fame everywhere, inasmuch as they were addicted to every sort of vice.
From Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by Jacob, P. L.
His ill fame increased in still greater proportion, especially when he assumed the airs of a sorcerer.
From Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 by Mackay, Charles
