scandalize
verb (used with object)
to shock or horrify by something considered immoral or improper.
were 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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Tennis was perhaps never more popular than when McEnroe and Connors were scandalizing the sport’s old guard.
From New York Times ● Aug. 25, 2016
In the early 1970s, when the Hell’s Angels were scandalizing America, their most infamous clubhouse was located in East Oakland.
From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2012
