Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for scurrility
Noun
  • The trial in part stemmed from 2020 allegations from several of Paxton's former aides, who alleged abuse of office, bribery and other crimes.
    Melina Khan, USA Today, 12 July 2025
  • Many of these complications are meant to either limit the cost of tax breaks or to prevent anticipated abuses.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
Noun
  • And the gratuitous insults—to NATO allies, the European Union, the BRICs, the United Nations, or the World Health Organization—continue to flow from the president.
    MARGARET MACMILLAN, Foreign Affairs, 21 July 2025
  • The Steals and Deals segment on the WFTV newscasts are annoying and an insult to the viewers!
    Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 July 2025
Noun
  • After nights of clashes, then-President Donald Trump, known for issuing directives and invectives through social media, fired off a series of posts shortly before 1 a.m. on Friday, May 29, 2020.
    Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 24 May 2025
  • Douglas McCarthy, the vocalist who hectored anarchic invective with EBM innovators Nitzer Ebb and who joined Depeche Mode keyboardist Alan Wilder’s Recoil side project, died Wednesday at the age of 58.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 12 June 2025
Noun
  • The politicization of the COVID response has only worsened this trend, likely resulting in part from Trump’s vituperation.
    Matt Motta, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Flash forward 92-plus years to Donald Trump’s rally Sunday at New York’s Madison Square Garden, a bleak, lurid festival of racist hate and profane vituperation so vile that even fellow Republicans, who have turned a blind eye to Trump’s character for years, are distancing themselves from the event.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • The Washington football franchise changed its name from the Washington Redskins to the Commanders after decades of criticism about its name and logo.
    Annabella Rosciglione, The Washington Examiner, 20 July 2025
  • Chicago Sky star Angel Reese was one of many WNBA players who have expressed criticism of the league's handling of negotiations.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2025
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“Scurrility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scurrility. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.

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