(n.) Report or opinion generally diffused; renown; public estimation; celebrity, either favorable or unfavorable; as, the fame of Washington.
(v. t.) To report widely or honorably.
(v. t.) To make famous or renowned.
Example Sentences:
(1) For Burroughs, who had been publishing ground-breaking books for 20 years without much appreciable financial return, it was association with fame and the music industry, as well as the possible benefits: a wider readership, film hook-ups and more money.
(2) Ali’s most impressive accomplishment, Jackson said, was to exercise “the proper use of fame”.
(3) A large part of its fame comes from the fact that it was actually the fourth novel he wrote and submitted to publishers – a story that people love to tell when discussing the roads to publication of big-name authors.
(4) When I had that keyhole surgery, I thought: ‘Maybe, if I come back, it won’t be to that top level.’ But with the support I have been getting from my coach, family and friends, I think that really motivated me to come back strong.” Kenya is more famed for its distance runners and steeplechasers than its hurdlers, but the country was left celebrating a surprise gold medal in the 400m hurdles when Nicholas Bett powered home from lane nine to smash his personal best to win in 47.79sec.
(5) She writes that she has not so far been subjected to physical violence, possibly because the prison authorities are aware of her international fame, but that other women are regularly beaten on the face or kidneys.
(6) Does it really want to be a country associated with ‘execution island’ rather than the exotic beaches it was once famed for?
(7) ("A raw candid exploration of art, fame, fandom, drugs, love, romantic dysfunction," says IMDB.)
(8) But among the football-faith community the legendary Anfield Road stadium is not considered a sacred site for nothing, and on this memorable night everyone felt what mighty magic can be summoned here.” Describing the match as “a classic in the illustrious history of these two clubs for years to come”, the commentator Daniel Theweleit also believed that the atmosphere at Anfield put Dortmund’s own famed fan culture into the shade: “Even those who have watched the club for centuries agreed that Dortmund has never achieved this kind of intensity.” Munich-based Süddeutsche Zeitung found satisfaction in seeing the German coach Jürgen Klopp exporting his magic touch across the Channel.
(9) At the famed Winter Palace , formerly the home of the Egyptian royal family, ornate gold-and-glass chandeliers hang over empty brocade sofas, awaiting visitors.
(10) Although Kazinsky has successfully proved that there is life beyond the UK soaps, he's well aware that landing a Hollywood role is not an instant passport to fame and fortune – or even professional satisfaction.
(11) But homewares, which Street calls the store chain's "point of fame", are well down as a result of fewer people moving house and therefore not popping in to John Lewis to order big-ticket items such as carpets, curtains and furniture.
(12) "It's a good thing too," he added, naming George Clooney as a celebrity who has successfully exploited his fame to achieve social good.
(13) In recent days, protests in Istanbul against Russian involvement in Syria and Aleppo, including a demonstration in front of the Russian consulate on the city’s famed İstiklal Avenue, have occurred on a regular basis.
(14) Fame later posted a YouTube video claiming to have carried out the DDoS attack to draw attention to alleged security failings in Sony’s system.
(15) The French love Malick's artistry and mystery and he continued to play the recluse by not showing up for his press conference or red carpet, although I'm told he has been here, staying at the famed Colombe d'Or in St-Paul-de-Vence and that he did sneak in to watch at least some of his own film's premiere.
(16) "I just hope that whatever fame that she has got out of this will eventually bring her some happiness.
(17) When hall-of-fame pitcher Tom Glavine signed with the Mets, he agreed to build a new baby nursery in team-mate Joe McEwing’s home for his No47.
(18) Kasparov achieved international fame in 1985 when he became the world's youngest world chess champion at 22, beating Anatoly Karpov in Moscow.
(19) Furthermore, patients in group B designated more 'nonfamous names' as famous (thus falsely attributing fame) than patients in group A (p < 0.001), which demonstrates that information-processing during anaesthesia can also take place as unconscious learning.
(20) But this time warp is a Seville one, and all the statues of (ecclesiastical) virgins, winged cherubs, shrines and other Catholic paraphernalia, plus portraits of the late Duchess of Alba, give it a unique spirit, as do the clientele – largely local, despite Garlochí’s international fame as the city’s most kitsch bar.
Infamy
Definition:
(n.) Total loss of reputation; public disgrace; dishonor; ignominy; indignity.
(n.) A quality which exposes to disgrace; extreme baseness or vileness; as, the infamy of an action.
(n.) That loss of character, or public disgrace, which a convict incurs, and by which he is at common law rendered incompetent as a witness.
Example Sentences:
(1) Gila River reservation has had its fleeting moments of fame – and infamy.
(2) Gardner did not specify which home secretary was lobbied, although the most likely minister, David Blunkett, who held the post from 2001 to 2004 at the peak of Abu Hamza's infamy, denied it was him.
(3) Before I leave him to his script, we discuss a curious brush he had with infamy, a couple of months ago, when Mail Online ran a story about him sitting with his legs too far apart on public transport.
(4) Liam Byrne, of "there is no money" infamy, pipped her by just one vote (100 to 99) to get the 19th seat at the shadow cabinet table.
(5) Then came his latest bite into infamy as he tussled with Ivanovic in front of the Kop goal and redemption in the form of his 30th goal of the season.
(6) Now, after two years of infamy which battered his reputation and his company – he has stepped down as CEO of AngelHack and is being sued by his co-founder over other disputes – Gopman, a self-described hustler, seeks redemption.
(7) The Pakistani town that earned worldwide infamy as the place where Osama bin Laden hid for years is to build an amusement park in an attempt to restore its family-friendly image.
(8) Even when "which" isn't mandatory, great writers have been using it for centuries, as in the King James Bible's "Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's" and Franklin Roosevelt's "a day which will live in infamy".
(9) Luis Suárez wrote his name into World Cup infamy by biting the Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini towards the end of a dramatic Uruguay win to risk another lengthy suspension of anything up to 24 matches.
(10) That passage will leave Wenger's party-cum-nightmare with a certain infamy and there really is little excuse for Marriner bearing in mind Oxlade-Chamberlain clearly could be seen owning up that it was him.
(11) Gardner did not specify which home secretary was lobbied, but it appears most likely to be David Blunkett, who held the post from 2001 to 2004, at the peak of Abu Hamza's infamy before he was arrested.
(12) This was less surprising, despite all the claims that its infamy belonged in the past.
(13) To cheers, the Stop the War Coalition chair, Andrew Murray, said MPs from Labour and other parties who support the government should be “branded with infamy for the rest of their political careers”.
(14) The deaths of more than 2,400 US servicemen on what the then president, Franklin D Roosevelt, described as “a date which will live in infamy”, is as evocative in the American psyche today as the costlier battles of Okinawa and Iwo Jima four years later.
(15) The kidnapping of the girls brought the group international infamy and led to the global campaign #BringBackOurGirls , which featured public figures including the US first lady, Michelle Obama.
(16) In any case, he says this is about football, not infamy.
(17) In the novels of Charles Williams, characters are faced with the mundane but profound choice between "charity and selfishness," the City and Infamy.
(18) Three years into his tenure, he was forced to broker a disagreeable truce over a Republican-led government shutdown composed of little more than histrionics over the alleged infamies of the Affordable Care Act, long after every branch of government had weighed in, affirmatively, on its soundness.
(19) The infamy did not come from the fact that the company was using a catchy jingle to get people addicted to carcinogens.
(20) Recently, Hawaii's mental health care system has been in the news because of its alleged infamy as one of the poorest systems in the United States of America today.