She was pleased with his clever stroke in capturing the Saint Desert tapestries, which General Arlington's sudden bankruptcy, and a fresh gambling scandal of Hubert's, had compelled their owner to part with.
Do you mean that disgusting scandal you told me about?
Old Lady Chelford's bitter and ominous acquiescence also came, and the presence of mother and son at the solemnity averted the family scandal which the old lady's first access of frenzy threatened.
For the scandal which his behavior may have occasioned, he feels the most heartfelt sorrow, and will submit with penitence and contrition to the severe rebuke which the Presbytery have decreed against him.
I ought to say there was not an atom of scandalin her flirtation with the young military poet.
What a horrible scandal it would be, what a horrible thing it is, that any girl can cloud her own life in this way!
You're sure you're old enough to be on the stage, Miss Page; no Gerry Society scandal at the last minute?
It raised the very deuce of a scandal down there in Honolulu!
Cross is an occasion of scandal to some, and of edification to others!
He had no desire that we should make light of our reputation, or be careless about it, but he wished us to guard it for the service of God rather than for our own honour; and more to avoid scandal than to glorify ourselves.
He could have buried scandal in his breast forever, but to put an extinguisher on the sparks of his playful fancy--no, these things are beyond a man's control.
From the first she had resented their social ostracism (when she became aware of it) as an insult to him; and now, evidently she had found the clue to the mysterious scandal in her knowledge of his conduct.
By the evening the scandal was blazing like a fire.
Scandal may circulate for years before it comes to the ears of the persons most concerned in it; still, one could not help wondering how much Tyson knew.
Upon my return to this country, I found the malignant genius of scandal bent upon destroying my reputation.
I'm trying to prevent the scandal of litigation between relations: therefore, just let me mention to you for your private information, what I know Sir Robert would not wish to come out before the trial.
Scandal is said to attack always the fairest characters, as the birds always peck most at the ripest fruit; but would you for this reason have no fruit ripen, or no characters aspire to excellence?
If my immediate plan should fail our best chance of getting Bebita without publicity and an ugly scandal will be through her.
But the diversity of practice still continued, to the joy of the pagans and to the scandal of the faithful.
These rash and violent proceedings gave great scandal to the faithful of the diocese.
After the first tempests had worn him out he began to feel that it would not comfort her to add scandal to her fate.
Forbes was understanding now how much worse a scandal it implied to say that she had been murdered.
Our own people are probably eating at our own tables at home," said Mrs. Neff, "and passing scandal with every plate.
He was afraid to arrive at the garrison, knowing that the scandal would have preceded him on the wires.
Her gossip, the scandal she knew, the books and plays she discussed, her sophisticated attitude toward people and life had long ago proved that, whatever she might be, she was not without knowledge.
The most loving love matches I've known have burned out--ended in divorces and open scandal, or scandal concealed like ostriches for everybody to see and laugh at.
Forbes was still wise enough and well enough aware of his own passion to say, "But discovery and scandal would be the only result.
So far as she could see, not a human being suspected her love for Forbes, not a breath of scandal had been stirred.
A war extra couldn't spread the scandal faster than those two women.
Green Valley did not resent the scandal of the occurrence.
So she's going to speak to the minister and maybe get a divorce, which will be the first divorcescandal in Green Valley.
The franchisescandal stood in his way, and though he succeeded in securing some of the corporation practice that he had once scorned, his earnings were never sufficient to support the establishment Conny had created.
All this newspaper gossip and scandal has got on your nerves," Lane said irritably.
The trial, in 1613, ending in a decree of nullity of marriage, was a four months' scandal in the land.
The dinner to which Juvenal invites his friend will be of simple fare simply served-- You'll have noscandal when you dine.
When I made that wager I did not calculate the possibility of entangling in my scandal the name of the woman whom I love dearest on earth.
I found that, through certain papers which she had, and which she did not hesitate to show me, she would be able to ventilate a scandal which might result just as she adroitly prophesied.
Unless I'm much mistaken, there was quite a scandal years ago about a Miss Griffin of Brentford, but that could not be your wife?
How dare you hint at scandal against me; but such innuendos will not deter me.
Like her of Troy, at whom the finger of scandal pointed.
Hence grave scandal would arise in the church if, when the Lord commands that gentle sheep shall be the ones to introduce His gospel, the introduction of it should be entrusted now to bloodthirsty wolves.
British Government would be a degradation for England and a scandal to Europe.
But at all events the one man who might have prevented it was at the critical moment hopelessly involved in the endeavour to combat the scandal that assailed him.
Neither has his contemporary Boccace spared them: Yet both those poets lived in much esteem with good and holy men in orders; for the scandal which is given by particular priests' reflects not on the sacred function.
I am sensible, as I ought to be, of the scandal I have given by my loose writings; and make what reparation I am able, by this public acknowledgment.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "scandal" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
