How to Use infamous in a Sentence
infamous
adjective
- He committed an infamous crime.
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Above is the infamous plane shadow near the bottom of the screen.
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Ars Technica,
1 Apr. 2020
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No, not the ones from the last three years but the infamous ones from all the decades gone by?
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Roshan Radhakrishnan,
Quartz India,
26 Aug. 2019
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What about the episode concerning a tape from the infamous dossier?
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Kelly Lawler,
USA TODAY,
24 May 2018
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But Burmese pythons may be the most infamous invaders of all.
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Patricia Mazzei,
New York Times,
12 Nov. 2023
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Here, the stories behind some of the most infamous videos you weren't meant to see.
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The Editors,
Cosmopolitan,
19 Mar. 2018
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The other home marked for auction is a bit more infamous.
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Jack Flemming,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Sep. 2021
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Those aren’t the ones that have made the company infamous, though.
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Maura Judkis,
Washington Post,
28 Oct. 2019
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The movie was infamous — denounced by the pope and by Adolf Hitler.
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Gary Thompson,
Philly.com,
7 Mar. 2018
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The grounds have a tennis court, a guest house, a pool, and that infamous grotto.
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Megan Friedman,
ELLE Decor,
28 Sep. 2017
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Hunter told me that the infamous cell-phone video of the incident had filled her with anger and disgust.
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Luke Mogelson,
The New Yorker,
15 June 2020
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But rich enough to shop at the infamous Whole Paycheck?
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SELF,
24 Aug. 2020
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The infamous window scene between the two of them sparked lots of online debate.
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ELLE,
12 Mar. 2022
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Rush Limbaugh was nasty, the most infamous but not the only.
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Julie Mazziotta,
PEOPLE.com,
1 Apr. 2022
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In the vid, Gabriel shares what was going down behind the scenes of that now infamous tweet.
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Kelsey Stiegman,
Seventeen,
23 Aug. 2018
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Or the infamous dismissing your idea and then passing it off as their own.
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Minda Harts,
NBC News,
5 Oct. 2021
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Now, Abrams is looking to get on the other side of the infamous comments.
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Brigid Kennedy,
The Week,
3 Oct. 2022
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Kennedy will guest star as Medusa, the infamous gorgon.
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Joe Otterson,
Variety,
13 Oct. 2022
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Sands is infamous for smearing the walls of his cell with excrement.
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K. Austin Collins,
Rolling Stone,
4 Feb. 2023
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Armed school officers have been present at some of the most infamous school massacres and were not able to stop those events.
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Dana Goldstein,
BostonGlobe.com,
26 May 2022
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Does Adam make fun of the headbands Leighton made infamous?
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Hunter Harris,
The Cut,
29 June 2017
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Lennon's death is remembered as one of the most infamous celebrity killings of all time.
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Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
2 Nov. 2023
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In recent weeks, the records have become more infamous.
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Kat Stafford,
Detroit Free Press,
18 Nov. 2019
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At Duke, Allen was infamous for tripping and putting his foot in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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Charlotte Carroll,
SI.com,
6 July 2018
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The infamous eyedrops scene Nick Lachey had some jokes!
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Sydney Bucksbaum,
EW.com,
9 Nov. 2022
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During that trip, they got caught up in one of the most infamous episodes of the Vietnam War.
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Chris Klimek,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 Nov. 2023
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Her role in this episode is boiled down to her most infamous look of all: the Revenge Dress.
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Rachel Tashjian,
Harper's BAZAAR,
18 Nov. 2022
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That was more than the infamous Brookside, which used those same grants to help fund a police force gone wild.
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Ramsey Archibald | Rarchibald@al.com,
al,
19 Sep. 2022
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His phone calls with his family were infamous with staffers.
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Becca Hackett,
Car and Driver,
22 May 2020
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Kitchens are infamous for holding large quantities of things that are rarely used.
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Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Feb. 2023
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