But with the father's sudden notoriety, everyone in the vast Sheehan family felt diminished or marginalized, as if they were merely facilitating his upward trajectory.

In this seaside town, battened down for the winter, the sudden notoriety is not terribly comfortable.

His sudden notoriety has no doubt inflated his already sizable doctor's ego.

He seems abashed by his sudden notoriety.

The Drexlers, by all accounts, are decent, ordinary people, stunned by the events of June 6 and their sudden notoriety.

Now his sudden notoriety meant that the world simply could not get enough of him and it was intoxicating.

She would use the sudden notoriety to keep attention focused on her.

So Marilyn is suddenly famous, and she cashes in on her sudden and unwelcome notoriety by becoming a cafe entertainer.

The sudden notoriety and infusion of cash don't seem likely to change Herron.

Grimly, he could have enjoyed the sudden notoriety and muted sympathy.