notorious
Example Sentences
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Previously understood as a notorious brute even by 19th-century standards, Heathcliff now exhibits signs of having earned perfect grades in today’s campus training modules.
Especially notorious is lead chromate mixed in with cinnamon to achieve a bright colour or bulk out the powders.
From BBC
Schneider was once the architect of a championship roster centered around Wilson and the notorious “Legion of Boom” defense.
Investment banking - the wheeling and dealing side of the financial industry, which looks after mergers, acquisitions and stock market launches - is also notorious for long hours.
From BBC
For several weeks, Haitian police have been conducting a large-scale offensive against gangs in central Port-au-Prince, destroying one home belonging to notorious gang leader Jimmy Cherizier, also known as "Barbecue."
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
