How to Use scandalous in a Sentence

scandalous

adjective
  • The high price of gas these days is scandalous.
  • Sex was a scandalous subject back then.
  • The magazine published scandalous pictures of the movie star.
  • She was spreading scandalous rumors about him.
  • My wife thinks this is scandalous.
    — John Hodgman, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Does that strike you as scandalous?
    — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2026
  • An old spinster, and worse, a scandalous one.
    — Grace Aldridge august 8, Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025
  • These swaps aren't the most scandalous part of Brown's recipe, though.
    — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Mar. 2025
  • At the time, showing that much skin was scandalous in itself, the star said.
    — Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 19 Aug. 2022
  • The name is scandalous, but the treat is delicious!
    — Josh Miller, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2025
  • And now, to get a little scandalous, what’s a secret no one knows about you?
    — Nick Maslow, PEOPLE.com, 12 Aug. 2019
  • Who Loved Me, and things are about to get even more scandalous in the ton.
    — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 25 Dec. 2020
  • Maybe even a scandalous aristocrat who got caught up in a duel?
    — Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
  • The movie was inspired by a true story — a far less scandalous true story.
    — Christopher Lawrence, Twin Cities, 15 June 2024
  • Today, there is nothing scandalous about the sight of a woman in pants.
    — Jonah Weiner, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2024
  • Here's what to know about the scandalous true story behind Clipped.
    — Cady Lang, TIME, 5 June 2024
  • Their romance was an open secret, and more than a little scandalous.
    — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 18 May 2026
  • Some people will always find the choice of winner scandalous, or at least not to their taste.
    — Alex Marshall, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2019
  • What’s scandalous is that nobody can really know for sure whether that’s the case.
    — Roger Valdez, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
  • That was too scandalous for people, so even without seeing the movie, there were huge protests against it.
    — Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • There is a steady stream of scandalous stories around the NFL.
    — Robin Rose Parker, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2022
  • This was considered scandalous at the time for a woman, let alone one in the public eye.
    — Arpita Aneja, Time, 29 Oct. 2021
  • Most scandalous of all, there’s hardly any Leatherface.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Below are ten of the most scandalous tales from behind the Marmont's tall hedges.
    — Leena Kim, Town & Country, 24 May 2019
  • The House of Grimaldi is one that’s both glamorous and scandalous.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2025
  • If true, this would have made the allotment of shares to Balshore less scandalous.
    — Robert Goulder, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2023
  • One thing that could help a comeback is playing to your scandalous side, Schulman says.
    — Marco Della Cava, USA Today, 19 May 2025
  • And in many cases, the early days of moviemaking were pretty scandalous.
    — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 23 Dec. 2022
  • Lopez’s complaint is far from the most scandalous moment in Halftime.
    — Tess Garcia, Glamour, 14 June 2022
  • My Netflix doc on this scandalous subject is coming soon.
    — Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 3 Oct. 2025

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