Sentence examples for a bit shocking and from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "a bit shocking and" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is somewhat surprising or unexpected, often in a negative context.
Example: "The news of the sudden resignation was a bit shocking and left everyone in disbelief."
Alternatives: "somewhat surprising" or "rather startling".

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Spain "It's a bit shocking, and I would say sometimes even embarrassing, coming from the best democracy".

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Then they showed me the x-rays and that and MRI, cat scan, whatever it was, it was a bit depressing and a bit shocking being young and finding out you've got arthritis.

At the very end of last night's episode, it was a bit shocking to see you and Lisa Lampanelli hug it out, especially after all of the drama you had with her on the show.

I think the willingness to be candid and open is critical, so I try to probe for people to get beyond the niceties and tell me something that they might not tell somebody else, or to tell me something that might be a little bit shocking and feeling that that's O.K. to do that.

The take-off might be a bit shocking – halfway between an aeroplane and a ballistic missile.

At first I thought it was a bit shocking – wearing just a bow tie and a little pinny to serve Champagne.

Their findings were a bit shocking, 48% answered in the affirmative and 35% in the negative.

That itself is a bit shocking, since critics usually abide by tradition and hold off rendering judgement until all previews are over and the official opening night arrives, which in this case is 15 March.

In 2009, Travis Fickett from IGN rated this episode an 8.3 out of 10, and concluded about it that "It's a bit shocking, perhaps offensive to some, but in the context of murdering mutants and five-assed monkeys created by Brando parodies in Hawaiian moo-moos – it all makes perfect sense.

How many "named" telephone exchanges were there in the city before all-digit dialing took hold? A. It's a bit shocking to revisit the all-digit dialing controversy and see how heated the debate was (heated enough to inspire a Stan Freberg satirical song, "They Took Away Our Murray Hills").

In a world where we can build all kinds of crazy apps and software, it's a bit shocking that more hasn't been done to stop the proliferation of child pornography on the Internet.

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