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
People who did not live there believed it to be an exceedingly wicked place, and the farther one traveled from Ascalon, in any direction whatever, the faster this ill fame increased.
From Trail's End by Ogden, George W. (George Washington)
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 De Quincey, Thomas
More than one house in England was tenantless at this time because of its ill fame, and tales of the appearances of the departed dead were believed in by both clergy and people alike.
From The Coming of the King by Hocking, James
