notorious
Example Sentences
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He reminds us that two notorious winds, the mistral and the bora, have been known to drive men mad.
On the second day of his presidency, he pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the boss of a notorious online black market in which transactions were conducted in crypto.
From Los Angeles Times
Often derided for their poor quality, obsession with dancing cats and crassness -- an AI "Shrimp Jesus" became notorious after flooding Facebook -- they also raised fears about the death of creativity.
From Barron's
HASAKAH, Syria—In a wing of the notorious Al Sina prison in northeastern Syria, where some of the world’s most dangerous inmates are held, guards wearing balaclavas stood along a corridor lined with cells.
I have a theory, however, that the band's notorious dislike of "the old stuff" is an elaborate ruse.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
