scandal

[ˈskændl]

Definition:
1. Disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people.
2. A disgraceful event.

Use 'scandal' in a sentence:

• 1. There has been no hint of scandal during his time in office.
• 2. He refused to soft-pedal an investigation into the scandal.
• 3. An exaggerated devotion is the scandal of our sex.
• 4. If word got out now, a scandal could be disastrous.
• 5. The scandal broke him.
• 6. In fact, a long epistolary scandal novel that she wrote in the mid-1680s sold quite well.
• 7. Scarcely a week goes by without some new scandal in the papers.
• 8. The church will do anything to avoid scandal – and everyone knows it has deep pockets.
• 9. When the scandal broke, many people called for the president's impeachment.
• 10. There was a public outcry when the scandal broke.
• 11. The scandal broke in May.
• 12. He made determined efforts to overcome the scandal.
• 13. I soon learnt about all the intrigues and scandals that went on in the little town.
• 14. The scandal took a new turn over the weekend.
• 15. A crime or scandal brings much notoriety to those involved in it.
• 16. The tabloid press had a field day with the latest government scandal.
• 17. The scandal was in the headlines for several days.
• 18. Journalists are good at sniffing out a scandal.
• 19. The scandal rocked the government.
• 20. The scandal was hushed up in an effort to save face.
• 21. Investigators are looking at what they believe may be the largest money-laundering scandal in history.
• 22. He described himself and Altman as victims rather than participants in the scandal.
• 23. The stock market scandal is refusing to go away, mainly because there's still no consensus over how it should be dealt with.
• 24. The administration was tainted with scandal.
• 25. Her reputation suffered a mortal blow as a result of the scandal.
• 26. The company's financial problems followed the revelation of a major fraud scandal.
• 27. News of the scandal certainly hastened his departure from office.
• 28. Rumours of financial scandals have come bubbling back to the surface.
• 29. The committee members live in dread of anything that may cause a scandal.
• 30. Rumours of corruption and scandal gathered pace.
• 31. Senior officials were implicated in the scandal.
• 32. The French Interior Minister has intervened in a scandal over the role of a secret police force.
• 33. Recent financial scandals have necessitated changes in parliamentary procedures.
• 34. Flaws in the system have created a breeding ground for financial scandals.
• 35. He resigned after his implication in a sex scandal.
• 36. Political sex scandals are all grist to the mill of the tabloid newspapers.
• 37. The sex scandal finally led to his downfall.
• 38. The public scandal was a black mark against him.
• 39. The scandal may bring down the government.
• 40. The scandal surely signals the end of his political career.
• 41. The scandal will soon blow over.
• 42. He was obliged to resign when one of his own aides was implicated in a financial scandal.
• 43. The party is struggling to win back voters who have been alienated by recent scandals.
• 44. Tabloid newspapers love to dig up scandal.
• 45. She emerged from the scandal with her reputation intact.
• 46. The country was rocked by a series of political scandals.
• 47. It is a scandal that such a large town has no orchestra.
• 48. The public have an insatiable appetite for scandal.
• 49. The press could scent a scandal.