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It is a risky undertaking—one that will probably scandalize the purists—but it is also a profoundly literary one.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

Their love story is the focus of “Bridgerton’s” first season, as narrated by Lady Whistledown, the anonymous author whose gossip columns scandalize 19th-century British high society.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 9, 2021

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

Does Picasso scandalize the art world by painting a nude Niffler?

From Slate ● Nov. 15, 2018

“You know I cain’t go, Hoyt. It would scandalize the town.”

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

An expression should never be banned for just being extremely offensive, regardless of whether it scandalizes a religious or any other type of cherished concept.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 19, 2022

Instead of treating them like the NFL’s beneficent owner-demigods, responsible for the league’s and players’ fortunes, college football instead ignores, scandalizes, and criminalizes any serious valuation of its athletes.

From Slate ● Dec. 1, 2020

Equally noteworthy are Georgia's "My Happy Family," a fine naturalistic examination of a 50-something woman whose desire to live alone scandalizes her patriarchal culture.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 19, 2017

When he retires, humiliated by his incompetence, she scandalizes his parents by leaving him and going to work herself, at her old job.

From Time Magazine Archive

This is what I complain of; and this it is in you which scandalizes me.

From The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales by Jean Pierre Camus

From the point that his “Nude Descending a Staircase” scandalized the American art world in 1913, Duchamp’s influence on modernism was undeniable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026

There were people who just saw it as part of the war effort, and there were people who were really, really scandalized.

From Salon ● Feb. 25, 2026

Part hobo, part insult comic, part performance artist, Diogenes flaunted his disregard for convention in ways that scandalized the bourgeoisie of Athens and, later, Corinth, after his banishment from Sinope became permanent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025

This is how invisibility operates: Things that scandalized us four months ago fail to penetrate today.

From Slate ● May 21, 2025

The woman in front of me twisted around with a scandalized expression.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

"Just don't talk about it" was a solution to something uncomfortable or something that other people would find scandalizing.

From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2022

One narrative was that Brooks was scandalizing the idea of “real” country music because he incorporated rock music into tracks like “Papa Loved Mama” and covered Aerosmith.

From Washington Post ● May 11, 2021

Did you have any hesitation about stepping into the role of a hallowed figure, or sense any resistance from believers to the scandalizing aspects of the series?

From New York Times ● Jan. 3, 2020

The neat, versatile, circular crew neckline—with none of this sad baggage—is simply the less scandalizing option.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2018

"I've come to ask you if you know how your pupils are scandalizing the neighborhood," he said abruptly.

From Concerning Belinda by Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd