Scandalous Sentence Examples

His trial, however, ended in a scandalous fiasco.

It was a scandalous episode.

The result was a scandalous series of scenes in parliament and of courts martial.

It seems scandalous that the UK Liberal Democrats with 22 per cent of the votes achieved less than ten per cent of the seats.

In my opinion they should be funny, scandalous, or totally unintelligible, in that order.

It is scandalous that so many children have never had the chance to go to school.

The emperor finally interposed to terminate that scandalous strife, banished Nestorius and dissolved the council.

His trial in the following October, on a charge of seditious and scandalous practices against the state, resulted in his unanimous acquittal, followed by his release in November.

Why did the government adopt so scandalous a course?

This situation with Renault's dCi engines and the EGR valve is becoming scandalous.

But the preacher's scandalous accusations missed their mark, and disgusted his hearers without hurting his rival.

This, of course, is a scandalous assertion in Scandinavia, and she was forced to retract immediately.

What is so scandalous that so many people are offended?

The regular clergy were fashionable and attracted the money of the pious rich, until their wealth stood in scandalous contrast with the poverty of the secular clergy.

His recent book, The Insider, private diaries of a scandalous decade, became an instant number one bestseller.

It is scandalous that once more the EU retreated into such protectionism at a cost to the European consumer.

The drinking of tea by the poor was seen as downright scandalous.

Edward Davey MP said " This is absolutely scandalous.

This absorbing book traces the eventful and sometimes scandalous lives of Hedy and George.

His greatest drama was, ironically, first staged at a private club in London because it was considered too scandalous for Paris audiences.

Nor is it so scandalous that revenue from motoring fines swells police and Treasury coffers.

It is scandalous that this year, as last year, fewer houses will be completed than in 1964 when Labor took over.

Became very wealthy and engaged in scandalous homosexual affairs, while keeping a mistress as " cover ".

For scandalous reality TV action, look no further than the Big Brother shower.

It's quite scandalous we can't find enough electricians, roofers, builders and plumbers.

Was that considered scandalous at the time, or merely another exotic blockbuster from the Hollywood dream factory?

The presence of two women, with one man, and a rather sumptuous picnic was regarded as scandalous.

The conduct of public affairs, however, at length became so scandalous, that action on the part of the more soberminded and conservative sections was seen to be absolutely imperative if the country was to be saved from speedy and certain ruin.

Striding up and down the House in a passion, he made no attempt to control himself, and turning towards individuals as he hurled significant epithets at each, he called some "whoremasters," others "drunkards, corrupt, unjust, scandalous to the profession of the Gospel."

The coronation of a woman was in the eyes of the Russian people a scandalous innovation in any case, and the proposed coronation was doubly scandalous in view of the base and disreputable origin of Catherine herself (see Catherine I.).

After a scandalous four months duel between this simple innocent girl and a tribunal of crafty malevolent ecclesiastics and doctors of the university of Paris, Joan was burned alive in the old market-place of Rouen, on the 3oth of May 1431 (see JoAN OF ARc).

There is a scandalous lack of government-funded research into the physical causation.

He was a staunch puritan, and a member of the Suffolk committee for the prosecution of scandalous ministers under the Earl of Manchester.

It is a scandalous waste of taxpayers ' money.

My personal interest in the subject had led me to unearth a scandalous situation.

Instead he was convicted of the lesser charge of scandalous conduct.

Edward Davey MP said This is absolutely scandalous.

It 's quite scandalous we ca n't find enough electricians, roofers, builders and plumbers.

But before you buy something scandalous, remember that exotic swimsuits don't have to be overly erotic or sexual, they just need to make people stop and take notice.

The one piece may seem pretty tame by today's Brazilian and thong standards, but it was all but scandalous when it was first introduced.

Transparent swimwear tends to work best for people that prefer to tan without any of those annoying tan lines, but when you really look at it, can you imagine anything more sexy, or scandalous, than this swim style?

There are micro bikinis, G-strings bikinis, and Brazilian bikinis, but nothing can compare to the scandalous micro bikini see thru look!

Louis Reard's bikini swimsuit had debuted a decade earlier to scandalous reception, but nevertheless, the design had caught on worldwide.

Nearly as scandalous, the thong still covered just enough skin to make it acceptable in wider circles than the monokini had.

Gregory, still supported by Naples, Hungary, Bavaria, and by Rupert, king of the Romans, found protection with Ladislaus, and in a synod at Cividale del Friuli banned Benedict and Alexander as schismatical, perjured and scandalous.

His conversation was still interesting, especially when it turned upon his recollections, and though his judgments were sometimes severe enough, he never condescended to the scandalous.

He brutally suppressed six great plots, several of which were scandalous, and had more than fifty persons executed; and he identified himself with the king, sincerely believing that he was maintaining the royal authority and not merely his own.

This reform was justified by the religious intolerance of the parlements; by their scandalous trials of Calas, Pierre Paid Sirven (1709-1777), the chevalier de la Barre and the comte de Lally; by the retrograde spirit that had made them suppress the Encyclopaedia in 1759 and condemn Emile in.

In order to win back public opinion, tired of internecine quarrels and sickened by the scandalous Aggressive immorality of the generals and of those in power, policy and to remove from Paris an army which after having of the given them a fresh lease of life was now a menace to Directory.

This situation with Renault 's dCi engines and the EGR valve is becoming scandalous.

How is it possible to have respect for just punishment if this scandalous penal servitude sentence is correct?

The multifaceted talent's penchant for over-the-top, often scandalous clothing left little to the imagination - one need only glance at a few performance photographs or music videos from that era to understand.

In case you haven't been shopping lately, here are a few of the latest scandalous headlines.

One of these was a musical guest slot on Saturday Night Live, which became almost scandalous when it was leaked that Simpson had attempted to lip-synch to a recording.

Actor Alec Baldwin said he blames the stress of his custody battle with his ex-wife, actress Kim Basinger, for his recent scandalous outburst toward his 11-year-old daughter.

Sure, in the past Angelina Jolie may have been scandalous in other areas of her life, like her penchant for sharing way too much information about her, ahem…relations with ex-husband Billy Bob Thornton, but never with her children.

Her scandalous downhill slide began when she married him, continued when she divorced him and exploded when she fought him for custody of their kids.

While a celebrity death isn't a scandal on its own, the speculation and rumors that followed this tragedy were certainly scandalous in nature.

The most "scandalous" of the pictures that surfaced were of Cyrus and a friend eating a piece of licorice Lady and the Tramp style, except the two girls don't end up touching lips.

Johnson has been known in the past for her scandalous and outrageous antics, one including having her father pay a reported $20,000 to replace a hotel carpet her dog had relieved itself on.

You also have to remember that for most of us who are now 50+, when we were growing up the idea of a woman traveling alone or even several women traveling together, without the company of their husbands, was scandalous!

This spread throughout the Middle East via the gypsy gahwahzee, traveling dancers whose moves were so scandalous that they were banished to Upper Egypt in the 1830s.

In an effort to shed some of the scandalous and lascivious reputation of the dance, Middle Eastern dancers and enthusiasts began to suggest more spiritual roots to the art of Arabic belly dance.

After Brad's infamous break-up with Aniston and his scandalous courtship with Angelina Jolie, his look went drastic when he opted for a low-fuss buzzed cut.

The cover of this DVD is decidedly more scandalous than Volume 9.

Whether done in a sarong style wrap or constructed into a cute shorts-like cut, these suits were scandalous for their time.

As several pictures on this site demonstrate, once wet, these swimsuits become quite scandalous!

Well, we've got the low-down on these barely there, almost scandalous bikinis!

Available for $25.00, this look is quite scandalous indeed!

The nice thing about tankinis is that they easily transition from surfside to shop-side, without looking scandalous, and striped tankinis look cute no matter where you wear them.

One person's appropriate monokini is very likely another person's idea of scandalous.

Boy shorts, depending on their cut, can look incredibly cute or scandalous, so it's a personal choice.

This poem on Net Poets is a very amusing, somewhat scandalous bit of verse from the point of view of a woman who is very happy not in her life - not any kind of man, she expresses quite eloquently.

Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones, Tony and Heather Randall, even the "cougar" relationship of Demi Moore and Aston Kutcher are written about as if they are scandalous.

Scandalous affairs, including Matthew King's dalliances with his brother's wife, are par for the course among one of Emmerdale's leading families.

Over the years, All My Children's scandalous plot lines do not always focus on the show's tenacious women.

Despite decades of phenomenal success, the Gucci name grew tarnished after a series of bad business decisions and scandalous family quarrels brought the company close to bankruptcy in the 1970s.

From the sublime to the scandalous, there truly is something for everyone!

Of course, these generations of ladies were also covered from head-to-toe in clothing, and it was considered scandalous to show more skin than what was necessary.

Perhaps a bit less sexy and not likely to be very scandalous, lingerie for teenagers can be as elegant as lingerie for adults.

She's been a supermodel, an actress, a writer and the name behind scandalous catfights.

If you're a bit more shy or demure, but still want something that's super sexy--not super scandalous--then a peek-a-boo lace nightgown is perfect for you.

Yes, some may say they're a bit scandalous, but a little bit of scandal is good sometimes, right?

Glee is a delightfully scandalous hour long television program featured on FOX.

The popular indignation at such scandalous miscarriages of justice rendered a change in the composition of the courts imperative.

A scandalous charge against his mistress Aspasia, which he defeated by his personal intercession before the court, was taken very much to heart by Pericles.

His private life was lax; he had at least two sons, for whom he purchased benefices before they had entered on their teens; and scandalous tales are told of the entertainments with which he enlivened his seclusion.

Cardinal Pierre d'Ailly pleaded before the council of Constance in 1415 for the reform of "that most scandalous custom, or rather abuse, whereby many [clergy] fear not to keep concubines in public."

Three other volumes followed in 1894, 1895 and 1897, each displaying to further advantage the versatility and sensuous splendour of Frdding's talent, as well as its somewhat scandalous recklessness.

According to a scandalous report his father was not her husband the grand duke Peter, afterwards emperor, but one Colonel Soltykov.

In his last years he was given to self indulgence and scandalous excesses, which did not, however, alienate the London citizens, with whose wives he was too familiar.

This work, the Biathanatos, is an attempt to show that "the scandalous disease of headlong dying," to which Donne himself in his unhappy moods had "often such a sickly inclination," was not necessarily and essentially sinful.

From the 12th and 13th centuries onward there is observable in the different countries of Europe a widespread reaction against the growing formalism and worldliness of the Church and the scandalous lives of many of the clergy.

In 1769 he wrote his Memoire sur les prrts a interet, on the occasion of a scandalous financial crisis at Angouleme, the peculiar interest of which is that in it the question of lending money at interest was for the first time treated scientifically, and not merely from the ecclesiastical point of view.

A scandalous riot was inaugurated by the members of the Parisian Jockey Club, who interrupted the performance with howls and dog-whistles; and after the third representation the opera was withdrawn.

While he pointed out to the dissenters the scandalous inconsistency of their playing fast and loose with sacred things, yet he denounced the impropriety of requiring tests at all.

His second son, Bernard or Benjamin Norton, has, like his father, a scandalous niche in the Dunciad.

Any opponent of the established clergy was the natural ally of the szlachta, and the scandalous state of the Church herself provided them with a most formidable weapon against her.

The picture of Mistress Blagge's saintly life at court is heightened in interest when read in connexion with the scandalous memoirs of the comte de Gramont, or contemporary political satires on the court.

The scandalous chronicle of her life was the commonplace of all Europe.

In the course of the rejoicings which followed this sentence among the populace of Pisa, occurred the somewhat scandalous event of the burning of two images crowned with parchment mitres, representing Gregory XII.

The principal editor of his posthumous writings was his son, John Donne the younger (1604-1662), a man of eccentric and scandalous character, but of considerable talent.

Indeed it was his previous reputation for loyalty and moderation which made his scandalous coup detat of 1483 possible.

The morals of the clergy were no better than in other countries, and we have evidence of many scandalous irregularities.

But he reluctantly, and most unwisely, allowed himself to be entangled in the scandalous family quarrel between Frederick, prince of Wales, and his parents.

Another was the fashion for the king to hold wassail with his courtiers, in which he unbent to an extent scandalous to the Greeks, dancing or indulging in routs and practical jokes.'

His first book, The Perpetuity of a Regenerate Man's Estate (1627), defended one of the main Calvinistic positions, and The Unloveliness of Love-locks and Health's Sickness (1628) attacked prevailing fashions without any sense of proportion, treating follies on the same footing as scandalous vices.

About the same time he published a pamphlet advocating the reform of the Prayer Book, while a tract issued on the 15th of July, Sundry reasons against the new intended Bill for governing and reforming Corporations, was declared illegal, false, scandalous and seditious; Prynne being censured, and only escaping punishment by submission.

Defoe's Review (1704-1713) dealt chiefly with politics and commerce, but the introduction in it of what its editor fittingly termed the "scandalous club " was another step nearer the papers of Steele and the periodical essayists, the first attempts to create an organized popular opinion in matters of taste and manners.

After the assassination of the duke of Orleans (November 23, 1407) she attached herself sometimes to the Armagnacs, sometimes to the Burgundians, and led a scandalous life.

As a temporal ruler John was devoid of the vigour and firmness of his father, and his union of the papal office - which through his scandalous private life he made a byword of reproach - with his civil dignities proved a source of weakness rather than of strength.

To the ordinary good citizen of antiquity, whose religion was the consecration of family ties, such a precept was no less scandalous than it is to a Chinaman or Hindu of to-day.

His youth was passed in scandalous dissipation, which drew upon himself and his coterie the detestation of the people of Paris.

The coronation of a woman was in the eyes of the Russian people a scandalous innovation, and the proposed coronation was doubly scandalous in view of the base and disreputable origin of Catherine herself.

In the course of 1628 he discovered a scandalous intrigue of his wife, Christina Munk, with one of his German officers; and when he put her away she endeavoured to cover up her own disgrace by conniving at an intrigue between Vibeke Kruse, one of her discharged maids, and the king.

So scandalous became the popular revels associated with it, that the celebration was prohibited by the church in the 15th century.

According to one account, he distinguished himself by stopping the runaway horses of her carriage; according to another, he only picked up her handkerchief; a third and scandalous explanation of his fortune has been given.

All these books tended to increase the ill-feeling between author and public; the Whig press was virulent and scandalous in its comments, and Cooper plunged into a series of actions for libel.

The character which Procopius gives to the jurist, even if touched by personal spite, is entitled to some credence, because it is contained in the Histories and not in the scandalous and secret Anecdota.

The popular feeling for the first time found expression when Luther, on All Saints day 1517, nailed to a church door in Wittenberg the theses in which he contested the doctrine Luther which lay at the root of the scandalous traffic in indulgences carried on in the popes name by Tetzel and his like.

So scandalous, however, was his conduct that he was finally dismissed in 1678.

It gained, however, such a scandalous notoriety for disorder that it was discontinued in 1855, the rights being purchased for £3000.

He also persuaded his colleagues to grant some rather scandalous pensions, and Fox's acquiescence in this abuse after his recent agitation against Lord North's waste did him injury.

According to the Memoirs of Sir James Melville, both Lord Herries and himself resolved to appeal to the queen in terms of bold and earnest remonstrance against so desperate and scandalous a design; Herries, having been met with assurances of its unreality and professions of astonishment at the suggestion, instantly fled from court; Melville, evading the danger of a merely personal protest without backers to support him, laid before Mary a letter from a loyal Scot long resident in England, which urged upon her consideration and her conscience the danger and disgrace of such a project yet more freely than Herries had ventured to do by word of mouth; but the sole result was that it needed all the queen's courage and resolution to rescue him from the violence of the man for whom, she was reported to have said, she cared not if she lost France, England and her own country, and would go with him to the world's end in a white petticoat before she would leave him.

The trials were conducted with the most scandalous contempt of justice, and moral and physical torture was applied to extort confessions.

The exking Louis, who now lived at Florence, had compelled her by a scandalous law-suit to give up to him the elder of her two children.

At the same time he reproduces their scandalous anecdotes in a quite uncritical spirit, and accepts unquestioningly the 4th-century tradition.

The petition was refused and was condemned as scandalous, and Franklin, who took upon himself the responsibility for the publication of the letters, in the hearing before the privy council at the Cockpit on the 29th of January 1 774 was insulted and was called a thief by Alexander Wedderburn (the solicitor-general, who appeared for Hutchinson and Oliver), and was removed from his position as head of the post office in the American colonies.

It has cognizance of scandalous offences by laymen and punishes them by deprivation of religious privileges.

As early as the congress of Aix-la-Chapelle (1818), however, the question of the relations of Spain and her colonies had been brought up and the suggestion made of concerted intervention, to put an end to a state of things scandalous in itself and dangerous, if only by force of example, to the monarchical principle.

It is frequently asserted that discipline was lax at this period and that ministers of scandalous lives were allowed to continue in their charges.

The three ends proposed by the church in such discipline are there stated to be, (1) that those who lead scandalous lives may not to the dishonour of God be numbered among Christians, seeing that the church is the body of Christ; (2) that the good may not be corrupted by constant association with the wicked; (3) that those who are censured or excommunicated, confounded with shame, may be led to repentance.