scandalize

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Recent Examples of scandalize In other words, the dinner that scandalized Washington may have only been an appetizer. Dan Alexander, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025 When published, Hine’s haunting pictures scandalized America, and laws to protect kids emerged. Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2025 Even at the larval stage of his career, Cronenberg knew how to make our flesh crawl and to scandalize the scolds. A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025 And when daughter Emily got married in 2016, Melody scandalized the wedding by inviting her lover for all to see. Det. Susan Mallie, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for scandalize
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scandalize
Verb
  • The firing of career prosecutors calls to mind how Bondi, as Florida attorney general, forced out two assistants who offended a Jacksonville company linked to mortgage fraud investigations.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 14 July 2025
  • Some of Lamar’s bars in that track offended Drake and helped ignite their public feud.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Verb
  • Snyder’s emphasis on moral mythology in those artistic blockbusters confused cultural gatekeepers, displeasing fanboys of Marvel and The Dark Knight.
    Armond White, National Review, 18 July 2025
  • Humphrey would no doubt be displeased with the outcome in Trump v. Wilcox.
    Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 29 May 2025
Verb
  • The release also outraged some supporters of the president, who had been promised that more details would be made public.
    ABC News, ABC News, 14 July 2025
  • What further outraged Roberts and another Cook accuser, however, is what did not appear in the report: that the mayor, who was married and more than 30 years older than each woman at the time, sent them late-night and personal texts alluding to poetry.
    Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 4 July 2025
Verb
  • The authors report that no human subjects were nauseated by this study.
    Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Both were crashing bores because of the literally nauseating behavior of fans and the uncaring attitude of the proprietors.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • In Tennessee, the outbreak has sickened between 1-2 people, according to the FDA.
    Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
  • Last month, the FDA announced a recall of cucumbers grown by Bedner Growers and distributed by Fresh Start Produce Sales due to a salmonella outbreak that has sickened 45 people and hospitalized 16 across 18 states.
    Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 7 June 2025
Verb
  • But their return has also angered and frightened livestock farmers and others in rural communities who are having to learn to live alongside these once nearly-extinct creatures.
    Ruth Sherlock, NPR, 9 July 2025
  • But on Friday night, the booms and blasts of celebratory fireworks appear to have frightened them away.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2025
Verb
  • The reasons were partly ideological—the tech business retained some of its roots in the seventies counterculture, which was revolted by the Vietnam War.
    Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
  • The Senate overwhelmingly revolted against a proposal meant to deter states from regulating artificial intelligence.
    Kevin Freking, Twin Cities, 5 July 2025
Verb
  • This creator, in the true sense of the word, adds a touch here and there, drapes or lets fall the folds of a cape or a huge collar, borrows from all the epochs of fashion and interprets them all, and in the sum total, never fails to amaze us with his exquisite audacity.
    Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 7 July 2025
  • The Teton Range, covered in powder, amazes as far as the eye can see.
    DeMarco Williams, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025

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