scandal sheet

Example Sentences

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Penelope floated a nasty rumor about the Bridgertons in the scandal sheet, which clearly Eloise would not do if she were the mysterious author – but in the process it hurt the clan's reputation.

From Salon • May 17, 2022

So does the prohibitive cost of printing mean that the mystery person backing the scandal sheet was definitely one of the ton’s richer residents?

From Slate • Jan. 15, 2021

“If it makes the scandal sheet, it’s a problem.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 25, 2020

“The Whig Club” is basically a scandal sheet in volume form about the Whigs—i.e., liberal aristocrats—of the period and what they got up to.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 10, 2016

It's the smile from every single portrait, painting, newspaper, tattler, and scandal sheet.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton