How to use scandalous in a sentence

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More sentences with scandalous

• The denial of medical treatment to those who cannot afford to pay is scandalous.From the entry denial
• After the leaked scandalous stories about his personal life, the celebrity remained in hiding for a few weeks.From the entry hiding
• This town frowns at scandalous behavior.From the entry frown at
• With their earnestness and clumsy naiveté they betray the scandalous truth of his posturing.2017, Patrick Turner, Hip Hop Versus Rap: The Politics of Droppin' Knowledge, page 129. From the entry backpacker
• He could not treat this scandalous matter in his own office. . . .1922, John Galsworthy, The Forsyte Saga, part 3, ch. 5. From the entry nodding acquaintance
• Some could consider it as scandalous smartlessness or 'scondrelous' smartlessness.2021, Rev Emmanuel Oghene-Emmanuel, Regrettable Relatives, revised (second) edition, Xlibris UK, →ISBN, unnumbered page. From the entry smartlessness
• Elmo's Fire, and what had been pitched as a typical puff piece quickly warped into a scathing portrayal that soon became scandalous.2019, Bret Easton Ellis, White, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN. From the entry puff piece
• In subsequent Zuckerman novels we learned that Nathan went on to achieve a very un-Lonoff-like fame with a scandalous best seller (not unlike Mr.2007 October 2, Michiko Kakutani, “Seeking a Moral at the End of the Tale”, in New York Times. From the entry unreckoned
• Perhaps disarmed by his own scandalous behaviour with Bathsheba, he was in no position to castigate his son for a similar fault.1999, Robert P. Gordon, I & II Samuel: A Commentary, Zondervan, page 264. From the entry castigate
• 'Made one quite thankful to get back to the fug, though as a rule I think the way these trains are overheated is something scandalous'.1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 8, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 131. From the entry overheat
• Miriam noted that Instagram had “Insta baddies,” who made names for themselves by posing “with scandalous clothes on and maybe they'll have a bunch of makeup on.”2021, Shauna Pomerantz, Miriam Field, “A TikTok Assemblage: Girlhood, Radical Media Engagement, and Parent–Child Generativity”, in Fiona…. From the entry baddie

Meaning of scandalous

1. adjective Of a thing: causing or having the nature of a scandal; regarded as so immoral or wrong as to be extremely disgraceful; despicable, shameful.
2. adjective Of a person: delighted by scandal.
3. adjective Of speech or writing: defamatory, malicious.

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Questions about scandalous in a sentence

How do you use scandalous in a sentence?

Scandalous is used as an adjective. For example: “The denial of medical treatment to those who cannot afford to pay is scandalous.”

What is a short sentence with scandalous?

“This town frowns at scandalous behavior.”

What does scandalous mean?

Scandalous means of a thing: causing or having the nature of a scandal; regarded as so immoral or wrong as to be extremely disgraceful; despicable, shameful.