How to Use scandal in a Sentence

scandal

noun

• The high price of gas these days is a scandal.
• It's a scandal that this city doesn't have a movie theater.
• There was never a hint of scandal during her time in office.
• Her behavior caused a scandal at school.
• The gossip magazine is filled with rumors and scandal.
• There was a major scandal involving the mayor's ties with the Mob.
• Government officials were caught in an embezzlement scandal.
• The scandal sent two judges to prison and unseated a third.
  — Anat Rubin, ProPublica, 4 Nov. 2023
• The pair remained friendly but distant in the wake of their scandal.
  — Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 3 Apr. 2024
• The Post Office scandal has been reported in the British press for well over a decade.
  — Scott Bryan, Variety, 7 Apr. 2024
• The scandals just can’t hold back a Golden Globes red carpet!
  — Vulture, 7 Jan. 2024
• At the time, Hilton’s rep attempted to distance her from the tabloid scandal.
  — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 26 Feb. 2024
• Below is a detailed look at the case: What is the Post Office scandal?
  — Sachin Ravikumar, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jan. 2024
• In the past year, EA has been beset by scandal, including the fall of Bankman-Fried, one of its largest donors.
  — Nitasha Tiku, Anchorage Daily News, 7 July 2023
• This is the basis of the biggest college football scandal in years.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 18 Nov. 2023
• His first impeachment was for two charges stemming from his role in the Ukraine scandal.
  — Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 20 July 2023
• Despite scandal, the race for Kevin De León’s seat has been lacking in fireworks.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
• If the story feels ripped from the headlines, that’s because the film is loosely inspired by the Mary Kay Letourneau tabloid scandal of the late-1990s.
  — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 1 Dec. 2023
• Its efforts were on full steam in the wake of a diesel pollution scandal that engulfed the German brand.
  — Byprarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 28 Nov. 2023
• He’s held office for more than eight years, through scandal and error.
  — Michael Taube, WSJ, 11 Dec. 2023
• Here's a breakdown of the biggest behind-the-scenes scandals that have rocked the Yellowstone franchise.
  — Emily Blackwood, Peoplemag, 12 Dec. 2023
• But in recent years, the tent has struggled to fill A-list names, as amfAR battled a series of scandals.
  — Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 26 May 2023
• In fact, Armstrong was one of the officers the city hired to help fill the employment gap over the convergent scandals.
  — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2024
• This oilman here was not a nabob like Doheny, but his L.A. oil scandal was going on at the same time.
  — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2023
• The scandal was that Thomas and Crow confirmed all of the reporting, and basically shrugged it off.
  — Byalena Botros, Fortune, 14 June 2023
• Prince Harry's Nazi costume scandal will reemerge in the upcoming season of The Crown.
  — Dayna Haffenden, Peoplemag, 12 June 2023
• One recent food scandal that went viral concerned a rat’s head found in a school meal at a college.
  — Chris Lau, CNN, 24 Oct. 2023
• Neruda returned to Chile in 1952, when the González Videla government, mired in scandal, was coming to an end.
  — Graciela Mochkofsky, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2024
• Murdoch newspapers in the UK backed Brexit and got caught up in a phone hacking scandal.
  — WIRED, 21 Sep. 2023
• Trump has been quick to remind the public of Hillary Clinton’s and Joe Biden’s documents scandals.
  — Tyler Foggatt, The New Yorker, 17 June 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024