Sentence examples for notorious role from inspiring English sources

Mr. Poindexter's notorious role in the Iran-contra affair became a central focus of the debate.

In guerrilla wars of recent decades, detention centers have played a notorious role.

There were some new jokes too, especially a great one about Berkley turning into a stripper thanks to her notorious role in Showgirls.

Horowitz, who has penned the "continuation" Bond novels, including the latest, Trigger Mortis, apologised earlier this week for his "clumsily" chosen words to discuss the prospect of Elba being cast in the notorious role.

The militia has sprung back to life in recent days, after lying low following its notorious role in the sectarian conflict with the minority Sunni community which came to an end about six years ago.

The convoy was manned by members of a Shia militia called the Mahdi Army, which has sprung back to life in recent days after lying low following its notorious role in the sectarian conflict with the minority Sunni community, which came to an end about six years ago.

In terms of longevity, this is unlikely to outlive either Marcel Carné's feted 1953 adaptation, or indeed Bob Rafelson's The Postman Always Rings Twice, which effectively filtered Zola through James M Cain and David Mamet, providing Lange with her most notorious screen role.

Twitter has permanently banned a rightwing writer and notorious troll for his role in the online abuse of Leslie Jones over her role in the Ghostbusters reboot.

He missed the flight, now notorious for its role in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.

Chalabi, who is notorious for his role in promoting flawed intelligence on weapons of mass destruction before the war, is now a deputy Prime Minister.

According to Milchan's biography, by Israeli journalists Meir Doron and Joseph Gelman, he was recruited in 1965 by Israel's current president, Shimon Peres, who he met in a Tel Aviv nightclub (called Mandy's, named after the hostess and owner's wife Mandy Rice-Davies, freshly notorious for her role in the Profumo sex scandal).