Sentence examples for a less shocking from inspiring English sources

No evidence is given, but it is useful for the book's narrative pace to make Tiberius seem a relatively benign figure, so we have a less shocking episode before we turn to one of the most notoriously monstrous emperors – Caligula.

If we accept these findings, this year's supposedly shocking election results are actually a less shocking and a lot more predictable.

That it had been rumored for weeks and that Berto has reportedly been in training for more than a month doesn't make the formal announcement any less shocking.

OK, the whole women not noticing they're pregnant thing is old news (still not any less shocking), but not noticing you have a dick your entire life?

Having that knowledge didn't make it any less shocking when the Portland Trail Blazers signed Evan Turner for a four-year deal worth $70m or when the Charlotte Hornets re-signed Nicolas Batum to a five-year, $120m contract.

That doesn't make Gesualdo's crime any less shocking, but it demonstrates that his is far from a special case.

Shadow chancellor George Osborne, a close friend of the Camerons, said Ivan's disability "does not make today's very, very sad and sudden death any less shocking".

Taylor-Johnson, in particular, has buffed up so much that Dave Lizewski's geeky-teen-out-to-take-on-the-bad-guys schtick might just have a little less resonance this time around, while Moretz is a lot less shocking as a 15-year-old baby-faced killer.

Think of creative ways to say 'I'm bisexual.' This will often get the point across, but in a (possibly) less shocking manner.

So the daily prostrations of a devout Muslim are less shocking to an American than to a lukewarm European Christian.

Yet her splayed-open genitals are a far more comforting, less shocking sight than her mutilated face, reminiscent of a screaming voodoo doll.