scandalize
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Now 64, he was initially passed off as her brother so as not to crack her “virginal feel and glow,” or to scandalize society, Cardinale’s daughter, Claudia Squitieri said.
From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2023
Here’s a way to scandalize your guests at your holiday party: Serve them boxed wine.
From Washington Post • Dec. 8, 2021
So when these powerful figures scandalize us, we lose our faith in our social world, or in our capacity to govern it.
From Slate • Aug. 26, 2020
The question is no longer whether the latest revelation will scandalize Jim Bob sitting in a truck stop, but whether or not it's legally substantive evidence to be included in articles of impeachment.
From Salon • Oct. 18, 2019
“You know I cain’t go, Hoyt. It would scandalize the town.”
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
Vocabulary lists containing scandalize
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