notorious
Example Sentences
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In South Korea, a country notorious for its strict beauty standards, baldness comes with a stigma that can prove especially troubling for young people.
From BBC
The film was Titanic - a notorious white elephant, dismissed as a vanity project, and predicted to bring about the collapse of film studios Fox and Paramount.
From BBC
The most indebted in their efforts to build the American rail system were at the heart of the most notorious contemporary financial failures.
She had been serving multiple sentences for alleged propaganda activities, totaling more than 10 years’ imprisonment in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison.
It’s hard to imagine “giddy, whispering fans” showing up in court with messages of support for most notorious killers, yet that’s precisely what major outlets report is happening this month for Mangione.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
