How to Use infamy in a Sentence

infamy

noun

• He never escaped the infamy his crimes had earned him.
• The film becomes an exhausting reenactment of familiar events instead—a safe endeavor that coasts on its protagonist’s infamy.
  — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2024
• 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
• The Fickle Flip of Fate reached its current infamy in 2006.
  — Mark Whicker, Orange County Register, 13 May 2017
• That’s a day that in our family will go down in infamy.
  — Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 8 May 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
• In some ways the heat wave remains a painful part of recent Chicago infamy.
  — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 10 July 2019
• Once a storm reaches a certain level of infamy, the WMO retires the name.
  — Oliver Whang, National Geographic, 21 Sep. 2020
• The type of offensive scoring threats Sweeney could have secured back in 2015, the draft that will live in infamy.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2022
• And Marcus Williams' missed tackle along the sideline will live in infamy for Saints fans.
  — Jeff Duncan, NOLA.com, 15 Jan. 2018
• But Hasel’s rise to infamy has mostly come not through his actions, but through his words.
  — Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2021
• By the standards of Sin City, the casino has attained a modest amount of infamy and lore over its 25 years in operation.
  — Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 28 Dec 2024