Sentence examples for a certain shocking from inspiring English sources

Perhaps the New Cinema Fund genuinely believed a more brutal, visible rape would add to the artistic quality of Revengers: the film was based on a pretty extreme and demented play, and it needed a certain shocking aspect.

As a result, there is both a false sense of invincibility to city life, and a certain shocking novelty when something does happen, as if New York is a rural English village.

There's a certain shock to it.

There's a certain shock value in that, which is just what was needed".

To be tolerated, let alone welcomed, a sculpture must have immediate and persistent drama, often announced by a certain shock.

For newly arrived cruisers, there is a certain shock to see just how popular the Rio Dulce has become.

Yeah, there is a certain shock value to watching you beat the hell out of Al Pacino (in Insomnia).

Seeing people in the world's wealthiest nation voluntarily eating discarded food has a certain shock appeal, Barnard admits, but the news reports miss underlying social goals.

But when Mr. Cuomo said no, Mr. King joked, "is there a lie detector test?" And Mr. Maloney said, "Did you feel a certain shock here?" That exchange reflected the warm banter between Mr. Cuomo and Mr. King, whose relationship early in the campaign had become deeply strained even though four years ago, Mr. King ran for lieutenant governor on a ticket with Mr. Cuomo.

"I believe there's a certain shock value to these videos that make them appealing to the masses," she said.

Mr.'s depictions of young girls are not unfamiliar to those well-versed in Japan's subculture, but for unsuspecting foreign publics they possess a certain shock value.