Infamy is an English word with synonyms like fame or opprobrium. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Infamy in a sentence
Infamy meaning
- The state of being infamous.
- A reprehensible occurrence or situation.
- A stigma attaching to a person's character that disqualifies them from being a witness.
Using Infamy
- The main meaning on this page is: The state of being infamous. | A reprehensible occurrence or situation. | A stigma attaching to a person's character that disqualifies them from being a witness.
- Useful related words include: fame, opprobrium, dishonor, dishonour.
- In the example corpus, infamy often appears in combinations such as: in infamy, of infamy, infamy in.
Context around Infamy
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 8 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Infamy
- In this selection, "infamy" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 26.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, minor, garden, own, depending, typically and shortly stand out and add context to how "infamy" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include amount of infamy for showing and but their infamy fades just. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "infamy" sits close to words such as abdulaziz, abortive and acacia, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with infamy
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Ramo Buchon’s name became synonymous with wealth, power, and infamy. (11 words)
Weiss and Benioff, with Alexander Woo (The Terror: Infamy, True Blood) are co-creators, executive producers, and writers. (18 words)
For some films, specific lines live in infamy with audiences who can remember key scenes by a single quote. (19 words)
Once in a while, the boys do become a threat to Townsville when they take advantage of the fact that they are amoebas, but their infamy fades just as quickly as it appears, and thus the cycle continues. (38 words)
It's a film with a certain amount of infamy for showing what it did when it did, but maybe similar movies that have followed since have made it look a little milder in comparison. (35 words)
In asking for a sentence of 28 years, prosecutors argued Mack has shown little remorse and has continued to try to capitalize on her own infamy through tell-all book and entertainment deals. (33 words)
Why was it that an Olympian was worth less of my gaze and attention – there is no good reason – than a fighter who went on to fame or infamy? (29 words)
Example sentences (20)
For some films, specific lines live in infamy with audiences who can remember key scenes by a single quote.
It’s a play that will go down in Super Bowl history — or infamy depending on who you are.
Ramo Buchon’s name became synonymous with wealth, power, and infamy.
Their names will long live in infamy – those neophyte pirates in St John’s who executed the seizure and sale of a vessel on the high seas Blackbeard and Captain Kidd.
The removal of a crime boss, particularly one of such infamy, typically leads to a violent power struggle as underlings scrap to become the new top dog.
The Worst Generation are known to be an incredibly powerful bunch in the world of They stepped up and rose to infamy shortly before the Paramount War.
This literal godsend was so conveniently overpowered and conceptually lazy that it gave In Another World with my Smartphone its infamy as one of the most transparently wish-fulfilling isekai.
We all have those cringe moments in life, for celebrities, a lot of those are caught on camera, microphone, or both, and live in infamy forever.
We have had infamy and ignominy, Dr. President; let us now have neither indecency nor insipidity with this CoI.
While Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destinya dip into the absurd, thankfully nothing from the latest installment tops the infamy of the "nuking the fridge" setpiece.
While this doesn't prove true, there are still unique gems or odd guilty pleasures that leave their lasting legacy in anime history, even though that legacy is sometimes minor infamy.
His 25-point fourth quarter and choke sign directed at Spike Lee in 1994, and his eight points in nine seconds the following year live forever in Garden infamy.
If his team should lose to Motherwell in their semi-final tie at Hampden this afternoon it would be a result fit to enter the Hall of Infamy at Ibrox.
In asking for a sentence of 28 years, prosecutors argued Mack has shown little remorse and has continued to try to capitalize on her own infamy through tell-all book and entertainment deals.
It's a film with a certain amount of infamy for showing what it did when it did, but maybe similar movies that have followed since have made it look a little milder in comparison.
It wouldn’t quite be true to say that he’s capitalizing on his infamy, but he’s not exactly going out of his way to avoid it either.
Once in a while, the boys do become a threat to Townsville when they take advantage of the fact that they are amoebas, but their infamy fades just as quickly as it appears, and thus the cycle continues.
Still, the ability to see Tyson step back into the ring along with Paul’s social media fame — and infamy — delivers rare intrigue.
Weiss and Benioff, with Alexander Woo (The Terror: Infamy, True Blood) are co-creators, executive producers, and writers.
Why was it that an Olympian was worth less of my gaze and attention – there is no good reason – than a fighter who went on to fame or infamy?
Common combinations with infamy
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in infamy 13×
- of infamy 6×
- infamy in 5×
- the infamy 4×
- infamy of 4×
- infamy but 4×
- infamy with 3×
- to infamy 3×
- and infamy 3×
- his infamy 3×