Modifying Another Word

• somewhat: Peter Singer is of course somewhat notorious in the bioethics field for his outspoken advocacy of euthanasia.

• particularly: There were many false starts, two of which were particularly notorious.

• once: She sought to purify, beautify, and internationalize Taoyuan County, once notorious for problems of waste disposal and money politics.

• now: The only difficult case involved the now notorious Fr Brendan Smyth.

• already: Wentworth beats him to the draw and leaves on his forehead the seal of The Spider, an already notorious killer of criminals.

• so: Tubman's activities became so notorious that plantation owners offered a $ 40,000 reward for her capture.

Preposition: for

• wind: Day 19: Drake Passage The Drake Passage is notorious for high winds and rolling seas.

• abuse: These countries are all engaged in internal or border wars of varying intensity and are notorious for human rights abuses.

• problem: She sought to purify, beautify, and internationalize Taoyuan County, once notorious for problems of waste disposal and money politics.

• crime: There they all push to destruction any man guilty of sacrilege or notorious for other crimes.

• delay: It seemed that Bombay was notorious for delays going through customs and immigration.

• accident: That double bend, on which Ivy House Farm once stood, had become notorious for accidents.

Modifies a noun

• highwayman: Feared by the locals, Rainbow's Dell made an ideal hiding place for the notorious highwayman Dick Turpin?

• smuggler: The bay in front of YHA Boggle Hole was once a notorious smugglers haunt.

• womanizer: A notorious womanizer, the breakdown of his move to Liverpool in 1972 is one of the game's enduring urban legends.

• blackspot: The camera had been set up near a notorious accident blackspot.

• murderer: Dr. Crippen Crippen is one of the most notorious murderers in the history of Scotland Yard.

• bottleneck: It drops down to Eamont Bridge which was a notorious bottleneck in the early 60s.

Used with adjective complement

• become: Mr Allawi's new cabinet members became notorious for the amount of time they spent out of the country.

• say: But most famous - or perhaps I should say notorious - of all was the Austin Allegro.