scandalize
verb (used with object)
to shock or horrify by something considered immoral or improper.
was scandalizing
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past progressiveof scandalize.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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One narrative was that Brooks was scandalizing the idea of “real” country music because he incorporated rock music into tracks like “Papa Loved Mama” and covered Aerosmith.
From Washington Post ● May 11, 2021
Bertram, a bachelor pastor on Long Island who was scandalizing locals with his “daring riding, fashionable dress, and manner of conducting his church.”
From Slate ● Mar. 22, 2018
She was amazed at his bravery, although she felt that there was a sort of indelicacy and naïve grossness about it that was scandalizing.
From The Public vs. M. Gustave Flaubert by Various
But the company imposed silence on him: he was scandalizing M. Venot.
From Four Short Stories By Emile Zola by Émile Zola
