How to Use infamy in a Sentence

infamy

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  • He never escaped the infamy his crimes had earned him.
  • That’s a day that in our family will go down in infamy.
    — Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 8 May 2017
  • Strong drink and games of chance and idols and divining arrows are only an infamy of Satan’s handiwork.
    — Steve Hindy, Foreign Affairs, 27 Aug. 2015
  • The Fickle Flip of Fate reached its current infamy in 2006.
    — Mark Whicker, Orange County Register, 13 May 2017
  • Richard Nixon, resigned in infamy, enjoying not a retirement but a public exile, of sorts.
    — Rebeca Coleman, Smithsonian, 19 Jan. 2017
  • Despite Thrones' infamy for knocking off its protagonists, Margaery's demise is sure to drop some jaws.
    — Julie Kosin, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 June 2016
  • It was instantly ridiculed as a bone-headed, game-costing move that will live forever in March Madness infamy.
    — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2017
  • Yet the ship’s enduring existence offers a tangible assurance—a promise that the day of infamy will never be forgotten.
    — David Doubilet, National Geographic, 6 Dec. 2016
  • The raid would live in infamy as the Night of the Gliders.
    — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Well, there’s been a lot of infamy over the last 15 years.
    — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 12 Dec. 2020
  • But the team wasn’t alone in steering clear of his infamy.
    — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Which brings us to the last play, one that will live in Cowboys infamy.
    — Dallas News, 18 Jan. 2022
  • But fame, or infamy, is only part of the Jose Baez brand.
    — Alex French, Esquire, 15 Aug. 2017
  • 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
  • Well, John, that was a travel note that will live in infamy.
    — Peter King, SI.com, 23 May 2018
  • 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
  • Cincinnati now has a nifty shot to end its league-long 31-year streak of infamy.
    — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2022
  • For the rest of her life, Ms. Nie wrestled with the fame, and the infamy, that her act of rebellion would bring.
    — Chris Buckley, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Sep. 2019
  • Johns' Get Back mix earned a sort of infamy as one of rock's first major bootlegs.
    — Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE.com, 15 Nov. 2021
  • So, do these brushes with fame — and infamy — amount to hitting the big time?
    — Dan Deluca, Philly.com, 7 Sep. 2017
  • And there, in all of its infamy, was a spotted lanternfly.
    — Damon Young, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2022
  • The Bills then went on to lose the next three Super Bowls, making their mark in the annals of sports infamy.
    — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 23 Jan. 2024
  • As killers go, the name of William Palmer doesn’t ring many bells these days, but in the 1850s, and for the rest of the century, Palmer’s name lived in infamy.
    — Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 7 Feb. 2022
  • 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
  • Fame is the name of the narrative game only when infamy awaits.
    — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Oct. 2022
  • O’Brien achieved his own sort of infamy from the FBI’s attention.
    — Tevi Troy, National Review, 26 Dec. 2019
  • The 2018 Royals squad has earned an easy spot in franchise infamy.
    — Maria Torres, kansascity, 28 June 2018
  • Then critics saw the movie and delivered a grade that would live in infamy.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2021
  • The danger and the sense of their infamy made people like Barbara Walters and others want to spend time with them.
    — Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • In early key art, go-go dancers clad in vivid yellow hot suits and bright lights surround the stage as a shot at riches and infamy await the contestants.
    — Holly Jones, Variety, 24 July 2024

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