How to Use scandal in a Sentence

scandal

noun
  • The high price of gas these days is a scandal.
  • It's a scandal that this city doesn't have a movie theater.
  • There was never a hint of scandal during her time in office.
  • Her behavior caused a scandal at school.
  • The gossip magazine is filled with rumors and scandal.
  • There was a major scandal involving the mayor's ties with the Mob.
  • Government officials were caught in an embezzlement scandal.
  • And new scandals emerged along the way.
    — Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026
  • But since then, she has been plagued by scandal.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025
  • It’s based on Ink, a play about news scandals.
    — Peter Bart, Deadline, 11 Sep. 2025
  • These defeats come at a time of scandal.
    — Ian Bremmer, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
  • No film truly caused a scandal this year.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 4 June 2026
  • What scandals have the goat mayors faced?
    — Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
  • One person threads the two scandals.
    — Javier Bastardo, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
  • The Rice scandal made headlines for months.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Even more troubling, weak oversight opened the door to scandal and abuse.
    — Michele Steeb, Oc Register, 10 June 2026
  • He’s held office for more than eight years, through scandal and error.
    — Michael Taube, WSJ, 11 Dec. 2023
  • In that time, there have been romances and births and scandals and shocking deaths.
    — Mark Meszoros, Boston Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The scandals and lawsuits only grew from there.
    — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 6 June 2026
  • Many things seem bound to change following the scandal that rocked the show’s cast this year.
    — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 18 June 2026
  • These scandals stung at the time, but looking back, Cyrus wouldn’t have changed a thing.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
  • But his tenure also came with scandals.
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 20 May 2026
  • College sports betting scandals are not new.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The Epstein scandal haunts him.
    — Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • All that changed in the wake of the Watergate scandal.
    — Austin Sarat, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2026
  • The pair remained friendly but distant in the wake of their scandal.
    — Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 3 Apr. 2024
  • The public reaction to this scandal feels much stronger than any of those events.
    — Ana Colón, Glamour, 1 Apr. 2026
  • You guys have been dealing with the fallout of this cheating scandal for three years.
    — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2025
  • There is only so much bandwidth to process the scandal—or scandals—of the day.
    — Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Macarthur was not the first match-fixing scandal to hit Australia.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 4 June 2026

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