Sentence examples for Rather shockingly from inspiring English sources

Rather shockingly, it is only now that Mr Blair has finally worked out what he wants to do and how to do it.

His friends, rather shockingly, approved of the project.

It should not be a surprise that a woman from her background can be clever, funny and feminine, but rather shockingly it appears to be so to some".

But there is nothing to be said for entirely getting rid of the anthem at sporting events, except that the idea is rather shockingly naive about what it takes to hold a country together.

Some do; the simulation game The Sims rather shockingly mirrors back to us the materialism of consumer capitalism, as well as making attempts to depict the benefits of more numinous values like friendship or learning.

His jolie laide features ranging from porcine to insufferably pious, sometimes segueing, rather shockingly, to instant murderous whimsy, it became fast clear he isn't going for the sympathy vote: no woebegone foot-dragging, hunching shrinkback he, but a proud, silver-tongued schemer.

Or rather, quite shockingly dumb.

Shockingly, rather than make the automatic adjustment tailored to the spending of seniors and people with disabilities, and therefore more accurate, some prominent Republicans -- including a number of Republican presidential candidates -- want to make the adjustments more miserly.

Shockingly, rather than make those adjustments more accurate, some politicians support making them more miserly, through a change, known as the "chained CPI" -- a cruel and deceptive benefit cut, hitting hardest the oldest of the old, the poorest, and those disabled at young ages, including our brave wounded warriors.

(Recall we have spent trillions and trillions already). It was, to put it mildly, shockingly weak and rather dull.

The first is that the world seems to be coping rather well with today's shockingly high prices, so perhaps they have to persist for longer or rise higher still before investors are stirred into action.