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Example sentences for "scandalised"

Lexicographically close words:
scampers; scamps; scan; scandal; scandalise; scandalize; scandalized; scandalizes; scandalizing; scandall
  1. The babbler was somewhat scandalised at their behaviour, and told them how ill they did to be merry in hell; and several others admired it as much, and asked them the reason of it, considering their condition.

  2. He was astonished at the strength of the woman and scandalised by her proceedings.

  3. Till they came to the door of the great man’s room, Toodles preserved a scandalised and solemn silence, as though he were offended with the Assistant Commissioner for exposing such an unsavoury and disturbing fact.

  4. She understood, better than Lettice did herself, the involuntary, unpremeditated gesture which put a greater distance between them on the window-seat, and knew in a moment that she had scandalised her guest.

  5. The man who had swallowed the camel of the Gunpowder Plot was scandalised at the idea of horse-stealing!

  6. When at last he was driven to admit the facts previously denied with abundant oaths, he professed himself astonished that the Council were scandalised at his reckless falsehoods.

  7. This lady had committed the horrid offence of marrying a Christian, and to her, during her lifetime, the orthodox and scandalised Moses never alluded.

  8. Nick was evidently scandalised at the suggestion.

  9. The khitmutgar on the verandah would have looked scandalised or at best contemptuous had it not been his rôle to express nothing but the dignified humility of the native servant.

  10. The pious leader of a religious party was scandalised in various ways, obliged to live separate from his wife, and subjected to many outrages from her.

  11. Frederick, sitting opposite her in an easy chair, was reflecting deeply, scandalised by the language she had used.

  12. Paul de Grémonville, the diplomatist whom he met at the ball; then Fumichon, that manufacturer whose conservative zeal had scandalised him one evening.

  13. And leaving her cousin mortified afresh, she broke out again into a laugh which scandalised everyone who was trying to listen to the music, but attracted the attention of Mme.

  14. The male population were horribly scandalised at the decision.

  15. Our friend Henry Fawcett, with whom he had many talks on his Christmas visits to Trinity Hall, was rather scandalised by my brother's attitude of detachment in regard to the party questions of the day.

  16. It's a special honour," replied the scandalised abbe.

  17. Madame de Fervaques would have been as much scandalised by any unexpected movement or any lack of self-control, as by a lack of dignity towards one's inferiors.

  18. At least, nobody doubted that such was the case, and the world was strangely scandalised to see the work appear after that document had been pronounced to be a forgery.

  19. He was as prone to this absurdity as the rest, and on this occasion incited the Princesse d'Harcourt, one of his relations, to act in a manner that scandalised all the Court.

  20. Bloin, governor of Versailles, was extremely scandalised to see this temple of prudery thus profaned.

  21. The marriages of the two Princes of the blood, of which I have just spoken, had scandalised all the world.

  22. Let us now pass to another kind of amour which astonished all the world as much as the other had scandalised it, and which the King carried with him to the tomb.

  23. Duc d'Orleans, which scandalised and terrified everybody in the Council.

  24. We were much scandalised with the expressions in these letters against M.

  25. Hillocks was utterly scandalised by his collie's familiarity with the minister, and brought him to his senses by the application of a boot, but Carmichael waived all apologies.

  26. Cornelia lifted her white skirts, with a display of slim brown ankles which would have scandalised the Norton worthies, stepped neatly and cleanly over the wire arches, and made a bee-line across the grass for the forbidden spot.

  27. She pursed her lips, and looked demurely scandalised by her companion's plain speaking.

  28. Dumoulin, rather scandalised that the colonel should encourage such familiarity in a subordinate, was on the point of retiring discreetly.

  29. He had been scandalised that a civilian, a mere journalist, had dared to treat the army with contempt, by so lightly taking the place of a real soldier.

  30. But the young King, who had already opinions of his own, was scandalised at the idea, and shrunk from making bishops of any but ministers earnest in setting forth God's glory.

  31. On his journey from Waterford to Dublin he had already passed through part of his diocese, and had been much scandalised by what he saw and heard.

  32. Why, because the whole world is scandalised by your conduct!

  33. You have scandalised the whole of Europe, and you and your lover may now act just as you may think proper.

  34. When I lived here before I married they were for ever being scandalised by my conduct in speaking to people.

  35. Yes, he now recognised that this old man, in whom his father had reposed such perfect confidence, had been the fount of all those reports that had scandalised Europe.

  36. His ever-growing popularity much scandalised the orthodox mullahs, who moved the authorities to proceed against him, and were successful in procuring his execution 922 A.

  37. The vizier showed to the cadi Abou Amr this passage which scandalised him.

  38. It was only after they had talked to the architect again and seen how scandalised he was at the idea of not having a drawing-room that they consented to that Internal Feature.

  39. There was nothing of the scandalised surprise Kipps had seen in the shop; she had heard, perhaps, he was a gentleman now.

  40. Our society is so mixed that I do not think you would have been scandalised if you had met Kondjé-Gul at the ball at the British Embassy, where she went the other night with her mother, and Commodore Montague.


  41. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "scandalised" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.