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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
scandalize . - adjective Having been the subject of a
scandal ;disgraced .
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Examples
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Television news showed this auto da fé in scandalized detail, and pictures of the scene were splashed across the British media for days, making it a major topic of discussion throughout the country.
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Television news showed this auto da fé in scandalized detail, and pictures of the scene were splashed across the British media for days, making it a major topic of discussion throughout the country.
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They gave us Bush’s second term, Congressman Ney, and the coin scandalized governorship, what do we expect.
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If they're surprised at the rage against Malek, they should be -- the roster of "scandalized" Republicans who've gone on to become party statesman includes several Nixon-era and Reagan-era figures whom, in the minds of conservatives, were unfairly demonized by the left.
Fred Malek: It's not the 'Jew-counting,' it's the deception 2010
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On the other hand, the Halimi family lawyer Francis Szpiner told reporters that he was "scandalized" that other suspects received relatively light sentence recommendations.
Paul LeGendre: The Ilan Halimi Murder Trial: Moving Beyond Hatred? 2009
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And the French people were kind of scandalized by all of the trappings of his dating her but now they're thrilled.
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Facts are easily invented and a "scandalized" witness can always be found.
Kicking the Door Jacoby, Tamar 1979
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The poor woman, shrieking fearfully, sprang from the funeral pile as the flames surrounded her, but was instantly seized and thrown back into it by the "scandalized" priests.
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She was running before the wind -- yawing frightfully -- her staysail let down to act as a sort of extra foresail, -- "scandalized," they call it, -- and her foreboom guyed out over the side.
Captains Courageous Rudyard Kipling 1900
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For instance, one who believes that a 'high church' form of worship is in some way necessary will be 'scandalized' by contemporary worship and liturgical innovation.
orrologion 2009
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