Example sentences for: notoriously

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  • The notoriously potty-mouthed rap/metal quintet matures a bit on the follow-up to its 1997 debut, Three Dollar Bill, Y'All$ . The band occasionally departs from its hard-core speed metal and ventures into "melodic interludes, user-friendly grooves, and actual harmonious vocals" (Lorraine Ali, Rolling Stone ). The lyrics, by singer Fred Durst (who clambers out of a toilet during the band's stage act), are "still the stuff of monochromatic dude talk," but sometimes they hint at something deeper--like when "the formerly promiscuous singer confesses his shame for past recreational nookie sessions" (Ali).

  • Nor, at the other end of the scale, can we match the Spanish superlative suffix - ísimo , e.g., grandísimo, altísimo, bellísimo (rendered in English as the `biggest,' the `highest,' the `most beautiful,' although for an exact equivalency one would use the other superlative form in Spanish, más grande, más alto, más bello ). Nothing I have ever heard in English can match the breadth of lighthearted insult expressed by a Spanish wit some years ago who used the suffix with reference to the notoriously pampered, well-connected, well-heeled, well-placed brother-in-law ( cu ñado ) of Francisco Franco.

  • McCain faces an uphill battle in the Empire State for two important reasons: Getting on New York's ballot is a notoriously difficult and time-consuming task requiring thousands of petition signatures from all over the state, and the bulk of New York's Republican Party is backing Bush.

  • Under Burger, the conference--the meeting where justices discuss cases--was a notoriously windy affair.

  • But no one's claiming that these lists represent some larger truth about the book market (such truths are elusive, anyway, since publishers are notoriously secretive about sales figures).


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