Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scandalized
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The murder outraged various sectors of the city, and served as a reminder that domestic violence affects all parts of the community — including cops, who usually have to deal with the issue on the other side of the door.—
Julian Roberts-Grmela,
New York Daily News,
20 Feb. 2026 -
Spikes in the public charges in the recent past have outraged Connecticut consumers who pay the third highest electric rates in the nation, behind Hawaii and California.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
10 Feb. 2026
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Gilmore Girls star Milo Ventimiglia wouldn’t be offended if his daughter watched the show and thought that Rory (Alexis Bledel) may have been better off with someone else.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Feb. 2026
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Of course we were offended…but our frequency, our spiritual vibration is tuned to a higher level than what happened.—
K.J. Yossman,
Variety,
23 Feb. 2026
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Pelicot is disgusted by the question.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
20 Feb. 2026
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But what are the limits to how much an advertiser might want to make their audience feel uncomfortable or disgusted?—
Ralph Jones,
HubSpot,
20 Feb. 2026
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Trump has also extracted settlements from ABC and CBS News in lawsuits over stories that displeased him, and is suing the New York Times and Wall Street Journal.—
David Bauder,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Dec. 2025
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But others outside the organization were displeased.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
19 Dec. 2025
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But fans revolted when this reboot hinged on a Piggy/Kermit break-up.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
9 Feb. 2026
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But university associations and states revolted, arguing the move violated Congress’ directions and the NIH’s own policies.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
4 Feb. 2026
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Melissa's rapid intensification and high winds and atypical hurricane behavior amazed even some of the more experienced scientists who study tropical cyclones, thanks in part to its journey over some exceptionally warm waters in the Caribbean.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
25 Feb. 2026
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What amazed me the most was the remains of what appeared to be a tall conifer — possibly a cypress or cedar — on Edgar Street in Pacific Palisades, where the Palisades fire ravaged an entire street.—
Jeanette Marantos,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Feb. 2026
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Arnon, who died in 2022, stayed in close touch with families of kids sickened by infant botulism, updating them as his scientific work progressed.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 Feb. 2026
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Now, the current energy crisis has made the situation so much worse that residents, sickened by the stench and the flies, have started burning the garbage, covering parts of Havana with unhealthy blankets of smoke, Cuban independent news outlet 14ymedio reported.—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
17 Feb. 2026
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Fleming yells, laughing but also sincerely horrified.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2026
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Editor’s Pick Living in the Age of Epstein The Jeffrey Epstein scandal has fascinated and horrified onlookers for more than a decade, Joshua Rothman writes, but only now have its pieces really snapped into place.—
Susan B. Glasser,
New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Scandalized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scandalized. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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