How to Use notoriety in a Sentence

notoriety

noun
  • He achieved instant fame and notoriety with the release of his film.
  • She gained notoriety when nude photographs of her appeared in a magazine.
  • His comment about the President has given him a notoriety that he enjoys very much.
  • But at what cost comes celebrity, at what cost comes notoriety?
    — Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Nov. 2022
  • They can be placed on cards at different points in the show to add some notoriety.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Owen gets a lot of notoriety, but Nick has been equally good.
    — Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2025
  • And of course, where did Kent run to bask in his newfound notoriety?
    — David M. Drucker, Twin Cities, 29 Mar. 2026
  • But not promising enough to drown out her tastes for the bottle, drugs, and more notoriety.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The new battle has arguably gained him the most notoriety to date.
    — Amie Parnes, The Hill, 9 Sep. 2025
  • But the tracks stand-out due to the artists’ notoriety and strength of the performances.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Hip-hop had not yet achieved mainstream notoriety.
    — Essence, 11 Dec. 2025
  • But the islands' fragility has brought them a sort of grim notoriety.
    — Brady Dennis, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Nov. 2019
  • The show in many ways is about a group of older women trying to run away from a younger notoriety.
    — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2022
  • Mark Hofmann forged his way into notoriety and tried to blast his way out.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Mar. 2021
  • That part of Wauneka's life was only a small part of her notoriety.
    — Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 11 Feb. 2023
  • England is ranked fourth in the world and has the notoriety to get even non-soccer fans to tune into this game.
    — Greg Dudek, Boston Herald, 1 June 2026
  • The judge noted the man sought and enjoyed notoriety from his actions.
    — NBC News, 4 Mar. 2021
  • The judge noted the man sought and enjoyed notoriety from his actions.
    — Rob Gillies, chicagotribune.com, 3 Mar. 2021
  • Many of them now live their lives with a strange internet notoriety, the kind that didn’t exist even just a few years ago.
    — Ben Collins, NBC News, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Now that notoriety, and the lift, will go to Whistler Blackcomb.
    — Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Musk’s lawyer, Steven Molo, summed up the sheer notoriety of his client.
    — Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Arch has gained notoriety as a football prodigy.
    — Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Miller was gaining notoriety for his solo climbs.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC news, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Yet the queen’s guards appear to have learned little from the ongoing notoriety of this event.
    — oregonlive, 27 Dec. 2021
  • The case’s notoriety lingered for years.
    — Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The Huns sold a couple thousand copies of their only record and gained some notoriety.
    — Chris Placek, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2026
  • The one among them who found real notoriety wasn’t the most polished, though, or even the most comical.
    — New York Times, 17 Dec. 2020
  • Wolcott enjoyed no such notoriety, and the panorama itself is lost to the ages.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Jan. 2021
  • Sheen talks Renzi through those decades of stardom and notoriety.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2025
  • For many, the newfound notoriety of the Crowdstrike name is part of the appeal.
    — Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2024

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