beyond the pale

Example Sentences

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Massie called the since-deleted video “beyond the pale” and called on the president to apologize.

From Salon

Even the idea of unity, which Jeep called for in a 2021 Super Bowl ad starring Bruce Springsteen, is probably beyond the pale.

From The Wall Street Journal

That would be bad behavior for any company, but it’s even further beyond the pale for a company that hosts sports prediction markets that could move based on a false report’s getting enough traction.

From Slate

It would be no different—except for the fact that Jeffrey Epstein is now considered to be a monster beyond the pale of anyone’s consideration—than the endless hours I spent in the room with Rupert Murdoch, a person who I believed was one of the great destructive forces of our time.

From Slate

Calling the move “beyond the pale,” he added that of the 46,616 messages his office has received since January, “not a single one” asked for a new congressional map in eastern North Carolina.

From Salon