scandalize

It is a risky undertaking—one that will probably scandalize the purists—but it is also a profoundly literary one.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

Their love story is the focus of “Bridgerton’s” first season, as narrated by Lady Whistledown, the anonymous author whose gossip columns scandalize 19th-century British high society.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 9, 2021

Her final chapter titled “Wild Child” is a panorama of bad deeds, as if to scandalize her children while also freeing them from fear of failure or harsh judgment.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2019

Does Picasso scandalize the art world by painting a nude Niffler?

From Slate ● Nov. 15, 2018

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

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

An expression should never be banned for just being extremely offensive, regardless of whether it scandalizes a religious or any other type of cherished concept.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 19, 2022

Instead of treating them like the NFL’s beneficent owner-demigods, responsible for the league’s and players’ fortunes, college football instead ignores, scandalizes, and criminalizes any serious valuation of its athletes.

From Slate ● Dec. 1, 2020

Equally noteworthy are Georgia's "My Happy Family," a fine naturalistic examination of a 50-something woman whose desire to live alone scandalizes her patriarchal culture.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 19, 2017

No man in the U. S. more persistently scandalizes the name of the Nazis than does the Chicago Times's columnist who signs himself "B. E. Lucas."

From Time Magazine Archive

Another influence, which largely contributes to the existence of the mendicancy that scandalizes the traveller, is the tradition of recent poverty.

From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 by Various

Vaughters spoke from experience: He’s a former member of Lance Armstrong’s scandalized U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

That moment was his public debut, and it scandalized the people who heard it.

From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026

They reportedly scandalized their neighbors with loud music and trash piles and performed the dances that dominated the app ironically rather than earnestly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

Although I haven’t been involved in AA in over a decade and openly write about my experience in the Program, I instinctively felt sort of scandalized by how blatant the personal “anonymity breaking” was.

From Slate ● Sep. 10, 2025

“About seven o’clock. I want to get to Heron Lake before nightfall,” he shouted, noting with amusement the scandalized expression of the cat.

From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford

It’s easy to adore the star in the mid-to-late 1950s when he’s young and svelte, scandalizing and delighting America with his wiggly hips, popularizing a new sound dubbed rock ‘n’ roll.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026

Writing in 1873, Nietzsche’s insistence that humanity will only achieve cosmic significance if it transcends itself—if it evolves to something greater and grander—was both scandalizing and revolutionary.

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2023

Did you have any hesitation about stepping into the role of a hallowed figure, or sense any resistance from believers to the scandalizing aspects of the series?

From New York Times ● Jan. 3, 2020

He and Bosland said the charges were aiding and abetting breaches of the suppression order by international media, breaching the suppression order, scandalizing the court and sub judice contempt.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 28, 2019

Suppose we walk out to church to-morrow before breakfast, Nell——" "Phil, you are mad, I think; and why should we do such a thing, scandalizing everybody?

From The Marriage of Elinor by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant