scandalize

Example Sentences

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Public Image Ltd., also known as PiL, did not scandalize polite society in Britain as the Sex Pistols had with their haute-guttersnipe fashion sense, obscenity-laced television tirades and unceasing potshots at the queen.

From New York Times • Nov. 18, 2022

Here’s a way to scandalize your guests at your holiday party: Serve them boxed wine.

From Washington Post • Dec. 8, 2021

The question is no longer whether the latest revelation will scandalize Jim Bob sitting in a truck stop, but whether or not it's legally substantive evidence to be included in articles of impeachment.

From Salon • Oct. 18, 2019

Such a procedure should not scandalize anyone in our time.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 7, 2019

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

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns