scandalmonger

Example Sentences

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Even as right-wing media tried to brand the Obama presidency as the most corrupt administration in the history of the United States, a cottage-industry of scandalmongers had already popped up to attack future Democratic nominees.

From New York Times

As far as the neighborhood scandalmongers are concerned, however, she’s been spotted talking to him in the street once or twice and must therefore already be his mistress.

From The New Yorker

It didn’t matter, as some scandalmongers discovered, that sculptor John Wilson had used a Bostonian - indeed, a Yankee! - as the model for Sam.

From Washington Times

Thomas Jefferson — both eloquent founder and appalling political hack — weaponized the pamphlet, commissioning scandalmonger James Callender to write a hit job on Alexander Hamilton.

From Washington Post

She became known as something of a scandalmonger and maneater, who gorged her way through many relationships.

From BBC