scandalize

Example Sentences

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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

This particular terrible thing does not scandalize me.

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

Such a procedure should not scandalize anyone in our time.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 7, 2019

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

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns