How to Use infamy in a Sentence

infamy

noun
  • He never escaped the infamy his crimes had earned him.
  • The greedy grifter lives on in infamy.
    — Literary Hub, 23 Jan. 2026
  • But for all his infamy, Gein was simply a man.
    — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The Mets’ meltdown was a slow march to infamy.
    — Tim Britton, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Which brings us to the last play, one that will live in Cowboys infamy.
    — Dallas News, 18 Jan. 2022
  • On the latter, the spectre of infamy still looms large.
    — Steve Madeley, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2025
  • And with each headline, his infamy grew among those who did not share his vision.
    — Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN, 25 June 2024
  • So, do these brushes with fame — and infamy — amount to hitting the big time?
    — Dan Deluca, Philly.com, 7 Sep. 2017
  • Cincinnati now has a nifty shot to end its league-long 31-year streak of infamy.
    — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2022
  • Whether to root for infamy or the salvaging of a scrap of dignity is up to you.
    — Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
  • Fame is the name of the narrative game only when infamy awaits.
    — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Then critics saw the movie and delivered a grade that would live in infamy.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2021
  • The crew's legacy lives on in infamy in the minds of those who know the bank is full of nothing but brass.
    — Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 4 Dec. 2021
  • Upstairs, behind a locked door, the force dragged the town into infamy.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026
  • But Hasel’s rise to infamy has mostly come not through his actions, but through his words.
    — Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2021
  • Johns' Get Back mix earned a sort of infamy as one of rock's first major bootlegs.
    — Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE.com, 15 Nov. 2021
  • Woods’s triumphant return from all of that—a decade plagued my infamy and injury—came here two years ago.
    — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 7 Apr. 2021
  • While Dalí was famous for most of his life, Duchamp had what could be called bouts of infamy.
    — J.s. Marcus, WSJ, 13 Oct. 2017
  • In some ways the heat wave remains a painful part of recent Chicago infamy.
    — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 10 July 2019
  • That is a clip that will live in infamy, John Mellencamp.
    — Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Over the past year-ish, the leopard skirt has reached comical levels of infamy.
    — Glamour, 6 June 2019
  • So, Tom Steyer, welcome to the hall of infamy of filthy-rich flops.
    — Garry South, Mercury News, 11 June 2026
  • There should be an honest discussion, though, of the factors that led to this day that will live in infamy.
    — Grant Wahl, SI.com, 11 Oct. 2017
  • In the series, the two rewatch some of their favorite movies to break down the style choices that live in infamy.
    — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026
  • The reward is infamy and get this, the god is the media who rewards them with attention.
    — Fox News, 25 Mar. 2018
  • His attention to tiny details was both the source of his artistic glory and the cause of his infamy and shame.
    — Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 4 May 2023
  • Still, this most recent slump was inching this team closer to the annals of franchise infamy.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
  • In a painful stroke of irony, the United States would respond in part with a spell of infamy of its own.
    — Cynthia Teniente-Matson, The Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2024
  • Johnson’s infamy helped bring viewers to the British Got News.
    — Peter Bart, Deadline, 26 Sep. 2024
  • The 2018 Royals squad has earned an easy spot in franchise infamy.
    — Maria Torres, kansascity, 28 June 2018

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