Millions of TV viewers witness the accident, and Patrick achieves instant notoriety as "the lion guy".

Some claimed to be part of "Sue Mundy's gang" because of the popular image and instant notoriety.

Harmony came to instant notoriety after she killed a Slayer who attacked her on live camera.

He attained to instant notoriety across the country on May 30, 1975 following his participation in a televised discussion program.

It gained instant notoriety.

He rose to instant notoriety with his novel Aus einer kleinen Garnison.

The group gained instant notoriety late in that month when they placed an advertisement on several conservative web sites and blogs.

With his instant notoriety as a friend to aliens, Lindsay had done his best to inflate the Investor mystique.

Although these reports of panic were mostly false and overstated, they rocketed Welles to instant notoriety.