scandalous
Example Sentences
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The attention on her and her family had included scandalous and unfounded accusations, she said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
Teases Echevarria, “tonally the episode is a little bit different and it’s a little more scandalous but certainly contemporary.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026
The group's leader Hysni Gucati said the accusations levelled at the men were "scandalous".
From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026
"I am totally on my own now. This is beyond scandalous and nobody can do anything. I cannot believe what this is all coming to."
From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026
Nevertheless, a combination of tried-and-tested reporting techniques enabled me to extract enough nuggets of hard fact to string together the whole scandalous story.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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