How to Use outrageous in a Sentence

outrageous

adjective
  • She's known for her wild hairdos and outrageous costumes.
  • At first it seemed like an outrageous idea, but then we realized that it wasn't so crazy after all.
  • The article makes some outrageous claims about her personal life.
  • This is outrageous! I will not put up with such treatment.
  • They will be punished for their outrageous behavior.
  • Sure, the outrages are outrageous, and shiny, and get people on both sides of the aisle in a snit.
    John Archibald | Jarchibald@al.com, al, 26 Feb. 2023
  • Her lyrics are inspired by her life, even some of the most outrageous lines.
    Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Those guys have been taking care of us over the years in such an outrageous way.
    Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 11 June 2024
  • Set over the course of one outrageous night, Foxy is meant to evoke a party that will be talked about for decades.
    Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 11 Sep. 2023
  • So the question comes down to: does one do good outrageous?
    Merle Ginsberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 May 2024
  • But the attempt of the Bass campaign to somehow tie that to Rick is outrageous.
    Hadley Meares, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Oct. 2022
  • But Ritchie always seemed to be in on the joke of his outrageous Kid Rock persona.
    David Peisner, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2024
  • Overall, OLEDs are the better choice, so long as the price tag is not too outrageous.
    Blaine Callahan, Hartford Courant, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Anyone who has been to the grocery store can tell you – egg prices are outrageous.
    Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 20 Jan. 2023
  • And some of New Utopia’s excesses are outrageous enough to suggest the stranger show that could’ve been.
    Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 July 2023
  • The outrageous coupe is the handiwork of Hartmut Boschert.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 26 Oct. 2023
  • The details in the record will be outrageous to decent people.
    Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 1 July 2024
  • In his 64 years as Prince of Wales, Charles also learned how to build his own outrageous fortune.
    Giacomo Tognini, Forbes, 4 May 2023
  • North American tour that brought fans out of the house for one of the first, and most outrageous, post-pandemic tours.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 5 June 2023
  • One outrageous claim in the early weeks of the war was that Zelenskyy had taken his own life.
    Tara Sonenshine, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The grocer is also known for its outrageous price tags.
    Megan Schaltegger, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Jan. 2024
  • In a sense, this is the nub of the problem: there is no consensus about how to use Section 3, even in the face of Trump’s outrageous actions.
    Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2024
  • All the more so thanks to the irrepressible Racquel and Gabby and their outrageous way with a tune.
    Celia Wren, Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Take a look below at the fun and outrageous fashion moments of the night’s looks below.
    Essence, 3 May 2024
  • Cool sells—weird, outlandish, and outrageous not so much.
    Carlton Reid, WIRED, 1 Dec. 2023
  • In one of the movie’s most outrageous scenes, the Sasquatch brood gets upset and starts throwing its excrement.
    USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024
  • What was so outrageous about the Stamp Act, and how could taxing tea lead you to throw it into Boston Harbor in the dead of night?
    Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2022
  • But Still Sad, The outrageous thing about relationships is that most of them end.
    Lizzy Acker, oregonlive, 7 Feb. 2023
  • No need to spend outrageous sums of money on dry shampoo.
    R29 Team, refinery29.com, 2 Sep. 2024
  • Pricing for the truly outrageous fan car starts at $1.178 million.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 11 Sep. 2024

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