infamy - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • gain: They further gained lasting infamy for their supposed part in rounding up rebels for the dreaded " bloody assize " .
  • achieve: The company achieved infamy three years ago when several of its advertisements were banned by Hello!
  • hear: Nelson: ' I've never heard such infamy.
  • win: While Dessalines massacred the French in Cap Haitien, winning infamy among white historians, the mulattos plotted.
  • find: From the depths of industrial Cleveland the Dead Boys found infamy on the New York scene around the club CBGB's.

Adjective modifier

  • such: Such infamy may not be far off for Liam Frost.
  • lasting: To have been defeated under such circumstances would have been a source of lasting infamy to any naval officer in the world.
  • own: Having quickly established his own infamy among the graffiti elite and built a reputation for blazing trails.
  • endless: Better to die renowned for chastity, Than live with shame and endless infamy.
  • certain: North Inch achieved a certain infamy as the site of the Battle of the Inch, organized by Robert III in 1396.

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