Because of his gifts to the needy and his success in evading police, Sin gained wide notoriety and even popularity.

The tribe gained wide notoriety in the early days of the white settlement of the territory.

Yow achieved wide notoriety for playing shows completely drunk and incoherent.

Originally envisioned as a luxury item, the original Minox camera gained wide notoriety as a spy camera.

Though the song was not released as a single, it gained wide notoriety for its sexual lyrics.

Calverley's position gave his crime wide notoriety.

They acquired a wider notoriety five months later, when de Gaulle decided to champion them in a press conference (4 February 1965).

GPV racing had been around since the late 1970s but achieved wide notoriety among BMXers beginning in early 1985.

He was threatened with suspension from the service for this indiscretion, thus gaining wider public notoriety.

You'd have .10 get used to popularity-but not, I think, wide notoriety.