Used in a Sentence

scandalize

How to use scandalize in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for scandalize.

Editorial note

I have some of the most foul-mouthed friends you can imagine, and the words don't shock or scandalize me.

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Definitions1
Parts of speech1

Quick take

strike with disgust or revulsion; "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of scandalize gathered in one view.

verb

strike with disgust or revulsion; "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for scandalize.

Example sentences

1

I have some of the most foul-mouthed friends you can imagine, and the words don't shock or scandalize me.

2

It's shallow, but it makes better PR when you're trying to scandalize middle America.

3

The friends are immediately scandalized: what if instead of a book, you saw naked pictures of X's wife?

4

People at Apple must be feeling like tourists in bizzarroworld seeing people trying to scandalize this.

5

Then way out in left field are the crazies who scandalize, confuse --and somtimes inspire-- everybody.

6

The boss, correctly, didn't care that their discount for cash was forbidden, but I was young enough to be a little scandalized.

7

Such a choice may scandalize the modern reader, and he may stretch out his patriotic hand to the telephone at once and ring up the police.

8

I would hope that such a choice would not "scandalize" today's modern reader, as I don't think that nationalism is as strong today as it was in 1938.

9

Zizek is too in love with that sort of thing; I think he just enjoys the shock value of embracing soft bigotry to scandalize his Left audiences.

10

It's ridiculous to say the focus on that is "an effort to scandalize you" — that alone is both legally and morally wrong, regardless of the rest of the charges, and they should be punished for it.

11

It's amazing how many people can be scandalized by the concept of someone touching the Wikipedia article about him... Marvin Minsky once entered Wikipedia and put a couple of things there.

12

I understand that the subject of that image might be rightly scandalized were they to find out, but if they don't?Is someone really harmed by someone else getting off to an image of their body absent their knowledge of this?

13

Sloterdijks strength and appeal come from the intuitive and metaphorical quality of his thought, his unconventional approaches to familiar problems, his willingness to scandalize.

14

Bradley told jurors that Zenger, "being a seditious person and a frequent printer and publisher of false news and seditious libels" had "wickedly and maliciously" devised to "traduce, scandalize, and vilify" Governor Cosby and his ministers.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use scandalize in a sentence?

I have some of the most foul-mouthed friends you can imagine, and the words don't shock or scandalize me.

What does scandalize mean?

strike with disgust or revulsion; "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends"

What part of speech is scandalize?

scandalize is commonly used as verb.