scandalize

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

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

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

A single song is no longer enough to scandalize Mom and Dad.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 12, 2016

“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

He seldom scandalizes his guests and rarely flings a martini into anyone's face.

From Time Magazine Archive

The notion of an "itinerant lecturer" scandalizes him.

From The Life of John Ruskin by W. G. (William Gershom) Collingwood

That moment was his public debut, and it scandalized the people who heard it.

From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026

They reportedly scandalized their neighbors with loud music and trash piles and performed the dances that dominated the app ironically rather than earnestly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

It became a hit at the same time as it scandalized the country.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 28, 2025

Although I haven’t been involved in AA in over a decade and openly write about my experience in the Program, I instinctively felt sort of scandalized by how blatant the personal “anonymity breaking” was.

From Slate ● Sep. 10, 2025

Thinking with my mouth again, I said, “Mama, how could Cold Sassy be any more scandalized than it is already?”

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

It’s easy to adore the star in the mid-to-late 1950s when he’s young and svelte, scandalizing and delighting America with his wiggly hips, popularizing a new sound dubbed rock ‘n’ roll.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026

"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

There’s no record of whether Bart actually put on the robe and ascot, but he and Liberty hit it off immediately and had puppies together, scandalizing upper-crust pet society.

From Slate ● Jan. 31, 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

I am afraid of surprising and scandalizing my acquaintances by going so often to Communion; 10.

From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, January 1865 by Various