Words similar to épater

Example sentences for: épater

How can you use “épater” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Virtually every scholar has attacked [Goldhagen's] book, including, I might add, our critic in the New Republic . Finkelstein is just playing this game of épater les juifs ." Back
Avant-garde artistes such as respondents remain entirely free to épater les bourgeois ; they are merely deprived of the additional satisfaction of having the bourgeoisie taxed to pay for it.
But McNally wants to enlarge the bourgeoisie, not épater it.
What if the bourgeoisie, whom the bohemians are supposed to épater , seems un- épater -able?