scandalize

Example Sentences

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Sweeney was scandalized by what little she could learn — “I was like, ‘Oh, my God, this show, my family’s going to kill me’” — and initially passed on the audition.

From Washington Post

Is she willing to play a starring role in scandalized gossip at her friends’ parties?

From Washington Post

Most famously, Marcel Duchamp reprised his “Nude Descending a Staircase,” the Cubist-influenced portrait of a body in motion that scandalized New York at the 1913 Armory Show.

From New York Times

He scandalized respectable opinion in order to make a serious point.

From Salon

And he scandalized the Chilean establishment by showing up for his first day as a congressman in 2014 in a beige trench coat — and no tie.

From New York Times