noun
definition
The condition of being infamous or notorious.
Examples of notoriety in a Sentence
In 427 Cleon gained an evil notoriety by his proposal to put to death indiscriminately all the inhabitants of Mytilene, which had put itself at the head of a revolt.
The following day, Mr. Rupert Youngblood gained more notoriety, appearing on a national television morning show.
Atherton had managed to beat the rap, avoiding embarrassing notoriety, but he had despised David Dean from that day forward.
Their fourth child, John, attained some notoriety.
Island Magee had, besides antiquarian remains, a notoriety as a home of witchcraft, and was the scene of an act of reprisal for the muchdisputed massacre of Protestants about 1641, by the soldiery of Carrickfergus.
Its policy "was to avoid notoriety and public attitudes; to secure privileges without attracting needless 1 A collection of these laws was published in his General History of Connecticut (London, 1781), by the Rev. Samuel Peters (1735-1826), a Loyalist clergyman of the Church of England, who in 1774 was forced by the patriots or Whigs to flee from Connecticut.
As a member of the Duma he attained a certain notoriety by impassioned speeches and appeals for root-and-branch reform, but he was never conspicuous for steady work or constructive statesmanship. When the first Revolutionary Government was formed people were astonished to hear that Kerensky had been nominated Minister of Justice.
Three of the early fellows gained notoriety, at least locally.
Even the London street dogs, as Sydney Smith said, joined with O'Connell in barking" God save the Queen."Oxford seems to have been craving for notoriety; but it may be doubted whether the jury who tried him did right to pronounce his acquittal on the ground of insanity.
Like Gretna Green, Coldstream long enjoyed a notoriety as the resort of runaway couples, the old toll-house at the bridge being the usual scene of the marriage ceremony.
This storm has acquired a certain notoriety for several reasons.
While there is no actual prize, they claim that winning will earn you some level of notoriety.
In recent years, Tom Cruise has gained a lot of notoriety for his strong support of Scientology.
For Bruno Magli shoes, however, the notoriety did the world of good.
As the World Wide Web gained notoriety within governmental and academic sectors, aspiring businesses knew having a web presence was essential for long-term longevity and sustainability.
It was apparent the old man was feeling much more chipper, reveling in his notoriety.
Giuseppe Balsamo - for such was the "count's" real name - gave early indications of those talents which afterwards gained for him so wide a notoriety.
The fogs of London have a peculiar and perhaps an exaggerated notoriety.
Pomponius Atticus, was born about 102 B.C. He was aedile in 67, praetor in 62, and for the three following years propraetor in Asia, where, though he seems to have abstained from personal aggrandizement, his profligacy and ill-temper gained him an evil notoriety.
After a severe struggle, de la Gardie's party prevailed; and its triumph was marked by that general decline of personal and political morality which has given to this regency its unenviable notoriety.
The impulses that promoted a vein of thought cognate to deism were active both before and after the time of its greatest notoriety.
Here again he failed, but with enhanced reputation as a fighting politician and with other consequences good for notoriety.
But he threw himself with ardour into the conflict of opinion, and soon gained a national notoriety.
These facts hardly comport with your picture of a shady confidence-trickster in search of cash or notoriety.
Wallace the lion was to achieve high notoriety at the infamous ' Lion Fight ' in Warwick.
And at the last Olympics, Britain's swimmers earned a certain notoriety for, shall we say, world-class partying.
He neither sought nor enjoys the notoriety that it brought.
This station was garrisoned by the 41 st Native Infantry, a regiment which gained an unenviable notoriety in the Mutiny.
It was the resulting press coverage from his time here that gained him worldwide notoriety.
However, fish was often in short supply with the result that fish queues gained considerable notoriety.
Nicosia As the last divided city in Europe, Nicosia enjoys a certain degree of international notoriety.
Three years ago Claire gained national notoriety by making outstanding predictions on ITV's show of the same name.
A dance remix of the song is reported to be gaining notoriety in the holiday resort of Ibiza.
Inspired by Miss Gangster's notoriety and as her own popularity soars, Angel soon reveals her strength, discovering her legacy.
Whether its notoriety represents a triumph or a tragedy depends on your point of view.
How far the extraordinary corruption of private morals which has gained for the restoration period so unenviable a notoriety was owing to the king's own example of flagrant debauchery, how far to the natural reaction from an artificial Puritanism, is uncertain, but it is incontestable that Charles's cynical selfishness was the chief cause of the degradation of public life which marks his reign, and of the disgraceful and unscrupulous betrayal of the national interests which raised France to a threatening predominance and imperilled the very existence of Britain for generations.
Inspired by Miss Gangster 's notoriety and as her own popularity soars, Angel soon reveals her strength, discovering her legacy.
Cleopatra may be the earliest example of someone wearing permanent cosmetics, but the popularity and safety of the procedure has come along way since the Egyptian Queen's eyeliner gained notoriety.
Their notoriety comes from their versatility and color payoff.
With her penchant for wild, head-turning styles, it's no wonder that Cher 80s makeup looks also enjoyed some notoriety and popularity.
Monster Joust Madness - Joust your way to notoriety in this anime war game.
Nationally knows as TomKat, they gained notoriety after Tom bounced on the couch at The Oprah Winfrey Show like a giddy child.
They work steadily and enjoy a small level of notoriety without being thrust into the limelight.
Actress Christina Hendricks may have originally achieved notoriety because of her stunning curvaceous body, but through her acting talents she's proven that she's more than just someone to look at.
Since she gained great notoriety as one of the co-stars of Friends, the paparazzi seem to have made it their priority to follow her around to catch as many of the Jennifer Aniston oops moments as possible on film.
The cruise line, which gained notoriety in the late 1970s, when it was cast as TV's "Love Boat," is one of the premiere sailing companies in the world.
She is the author of a book entitled Hungry, and she has gained much notoriety for her work as a size 12+ model, and has even graced the cover of Harper's Bazaar.
Despite the fact that it was released on the Dreamcast, a system that bit the dust and buried Sega as a console designer, its notoriety was untouchable.
Sonoma doesn't get the press and notoriety of its eastern neighbor but they don't want to be Napa.
Dancing Matt first received his notoriety dancing on a home video created for friends and family as he traveled abroad.